Chinese giant salamanders are the world's largest amphibian ... They're magnificent creatures, and they're also a delicacy in China's luxury food market, where they're put into soups and stews.

Despite (or perhaps because of) their formidable size, the Chinese giant salamanders are in trouble. They're a prized food in their native country, with some creatures selling for more than $1,500 ...

Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus ... largely due to overexploitation for food and habitat destruction. A rapidly growing number of farms, which supply salamanders for the restaurant ...

The Chinese giant salamander, the world’s largest amphibian ... when famine forced people to turn to alternative food sources. By the 1990s, giant salamander meat had been rebranded as a luxury ...

due to demand for the amphibians as luxury food. With individuals weighing in at more than 140 pounds, the critically endangered Chinese giant salamander is well known as the world's largest ...

The Chinese giant salamander was once widespread across central, eastern and southern China. But habitat loss, poaching, and illegal collection for farming as luxury food items wiped out most ...

The biggest Chinese giant salamander was discovered back in the ... The creatures are used in traditional medicine but mostly for food in China, creating a demand that wild populations cannot ...

Long thought to be a single species, a new study has revealed that the Chinese giant salamander might actually be up to nine different species, bringing fresh calls to ramp up protections for this ...

Those original Chinese giant salamanders interbred with ... where people continue to consume giant salamanders as a luxury food. There, millions of the animals live on farms.

On a cold night in 2018, Peng Yong spotted several wild Chinese giant salamanders. "That night, as usual, I was wearing a headlamp and using a flashlight to observe along a stream. Suddenly ...