The sway of spotted salamanders is a perfect ritual dance for Valentine's Day (which is this week, just in case you need a ...

Spotted salamanders have long fallen victim to unbridled residential and commercial development that has threatened or destroyed their habitats. (Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News) This article ...

Many may know that South Carolina has an official state bird (Carolina Wren) or even that the state has its own official state shell. But did you know that the Palmetto State also has a state ...

Armed with a yellow and a black crayon, a 9-year-old conservationist recently helped persuade an Alabama university to rethink building a sprawling sports facility on a critical spotted salamander ...

HOMEWOOD, Ala.—Ellen McLaughlin said she wasn’t speaking for herself. “I speak for the salamanders,” she told those gathered at a community meeting in late March. McLaughlin, a retired Samford ...

HOMEWOOD, Ala.—Nine-year-old Ruby Banta thought it was a pretty simple choice, even for adults. “This was the salamander’s habitat first,” she said after an afternoon soccer game. “It’s not a college ...

In ancient times, people thought moist-skinned salamanders could survive in fire. That's not true, of course, but some salamanders have a surprising ability to deal with another temperature extreme: ...