The Chinese giant salamander, with a nose-to-rump length of up to nearly six feet (1.8 meters), tops the list as the highest conservation priority, Meredith said. One threat has been hunting.

Scientists who spent four years surveying the Chinese giant salamander’s preferred river habitats across 97 counties in China spotted only 24 individuals at four sites. None of the 24 ...

They published their findings this week in the journal Current Biology as two papers: Imminent extinction in the wild of the world's largest amphibian and The Chinese giant salamander exemplifies ...

With a fish dangled in front of its nose, it turns in a flash from dopey sloth to snapping tiger. The aggressiveness is helping the Chinese males take over the dens of the local rivers - and with the ...

Chinese Alligator: A critically endangered species, this small freshwater alligator is found in the lower Yangtze River region. Chinese Giant Salamander: The world's largest amphibian, this ...

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 ...

Climate change, pollution and habitat loss are areas of particular concern. The Chinese giant salamander faces perhaps the greatest threat, as it continues to be used for medicinal purposes.

Chinese researchers recently published a first data report on the living habits, population reproductive dynamics, and habitat conditions of the wild giant salamander, an amphibian species.

(END OPTIONAL TRIM.) Ideally, Japanese and Chinese scientists would work together to save the South China giant salamander from extinction by creating a breeding program, said Jianping Jiang ...