Jun. 1—MORGANTOWN — Two of West Virginia's salamander species are competing for food and space as climate change threatens their habitats. However, hope is on the way as researchers with WVU's Davis ...

(CN) — After a 10-year legal battle between the Center for Biological Diversity and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, two species of salamander won federal protections under the Endangered Species ...

LOW NUMBERS: Scientists estimate there are only a few hundred Hickory Gorge green salamanders left in the wild. Photo by Todd Pierson, courtesy of the Center for Biological Diversity The Hickory Nut ...

Blue-spotted salamanders, found in labs to be intolerant of freezing, are seen walking on ice in Ontario, Canada, explained ...

The Hickory Nut Gorge green salamander, found only in its namesake gorge southeast of Asheville, is being considered for listing under the Endangered Species Act. With total population numbers in the ...

When ships dock in the Port of Mobile, customs officers have to check to see if there are any salamanders on board—and what kind. Checking is especially important for Alabama, a hotspot for the slimy ...

“After surveying 97 sites, we found salamanders in only four localities,” Andrew Cunningham, a conservation biologist at the Zoological Society of London and coauthor of one of the studies, tells ...

CARLSBAD, Calif.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting two species of salamander in Southern California under the Endangered Species Act, while denying protections to a third.

New species are being discovered faster than ever before - at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study.