Lungless salamanders, like the black-bellied salamander, breath only through their skin. They will notice water pollution, including sediment, agricultural runoff or acidic seepage from old mines ...

Salamanders are linchpin of forest and aquatic ecosystems. Understanding how they might react to climate change is critical for keeping our drinking water and forests healthy.

Though they may look more like lizards, salamanders are aquatic, semi-aquatic, or terrestrial amphibians that share more in ...

Salamanders of Large Water Bodies. There are two species of large salamanders in New York, and both spend their entire lives in water. The mudpuppy, with its bright red gills, reaches lengths of 19 ...

The salamanders leave their cover to make their way en masse to the water where they breed. On a rainy night, as if every salamander for miles is answering the same call, on the same schedule ...

Without enough water, salamanders can't survive. The Edwards Aquifer, which feeds Barton Springs, supplies around 93,000 people with drinking water in Central Texas.

Wine industry directly feeling impact of water, salamander protections. PAUL P. ?SKIP? SPAULDING III. BY PAUL P. ?SKIP? SPAULDING III. October 17, 2008. 4 minute read.

The internet’s favorite salamander, only found in the wild in Mexico’s Lake Xochimilco, is critically endangered. Here’s how people are fighting to save them.

"Despite much research, little is known about the history, life cycle, and basic habitat needs of the salamanders," argued an ...

Salamanders have a direct impact on human health in that, "salamanders are sentinels of water, quality of habitat," says Harlan, "we have a lot of forests in this region too, and salamanders love ...