For her doctoral dissertation, Yale's Nathalie Alomar decided to study a small amphibian that appeared to have eluded the ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va.— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for failing to decide whether to protect the yellow-spotted woodland salamander under the ...
A giant, strong-jawed salamander once tunneled through ancient Tennessee soil. And thanks to a fossil unearthed near East Tennessee State University, scientists now better understand how it helped ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that it would consider protecting the yellow-spotted woodland salamander under the Endangered Species Act. The agency now has 12 ...
A rare lungless creature — speckled with yellow spots — breathes through its skin and lives in ancient rock faces of Appalachia in the southeastern U.S. It’s a “mascot of the mountains” and at risk of ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Oct. 15, 2015—salamanders are carnivores? They are the most abundant vertebrate predator within the Appalachian region. There can be up to 1,000 ...
This story first appeared in the Kentucky Lantern, part of States Newsroom. An environmental advocacy group that seeks to protect endangered species is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to ...
Three new species of black-bellied salamander have been discovered by a research team led by R. Alexander Pyron, the Robert F. Griggs Associate Professor of Biology at the George Washington University ...
Winter is a difficult time for many animals. Food is scarcer and the temperature is colder. Starvation is a huge threat. Many mammals, amphibians and reptiles spend East Tennessee's colder months ...
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