Washington (CNN)-- The Japanese giant salamander may hold the key to solving an extinction threat in the amphibian community, and researchers at the National Zoo in Washington are hoping a gift of ...

And that's exactly what Japanese giant salamanders are like ... And quite bizarrely, their fingers look like a baby's fingers, or like, like a human baby. Yeah. So they're actually quite cute.

According to a study by researchers from Hiroshima Shudo University, Nagasaki University and Shinshu University, male giant ...

The largest is the Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus ... much like frog eggs. In fact, baby salamanders are just like baby frogs; their eggs are laid in water and the young are ...

When disturbed, they make a noise that sounds uncannily like a crying baby; in Chinese ... it took an hour of searching to find one Japanese giant salamander, and two hours to find a hellbender.

to see an ancient creature found only in the rivers of central and western Japan — the Japanese giant salamander. The amphibian can grow up to 1.5 meters in length, weigh as much as 40 kilograms ...

The researchers from Kyoto University were looking for purebred Japanese giant salamanders, a species that has become increasingly difficult to find. Chinese salamanders have been introduced by ...

But on Saturday, Twitter user @SASSA1002 came across a Japanese giant salamander doing just that ... a creature they felt could very possibly be baby Godzilla. A big dark lump with a floppy ...

KYOTO, Japan – In Japanese rivers, if you’re very lucky, you might find unusual amphibians that grow up to 5 feet long and look like strange cartoon dinosaurs. They are giant salamanders.

Grab an 8-piece Japanese handcrafted chef’s knife set and gift box for just $109.97 You never forget your first time seeing a giant salamander, according to Andy Hill. He was a teenager ...