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 ...

But new research suggests the Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) is no deadbeat dad. The Japanese giant salamander is one of the largest amphibians in the world, growing up to 150 cm ...

The Japanese giant salamander can grow up to 5 feet long, weigh 80 pounds and can easily bite off a large chunk of your finger in a split second. The slimy, mottled amphibians have remained ...

But even though it is protected by Japanese law, the giant salamander’s days may be numbered--experts say the damming of many Japanese rivers has destroyed the rocky caverns and burrows where ...

“You can see where all the lore and myth (comes) from (when encountering ... in a video about Japanese giant salamanders filmed in Tottori in 2018. In a time of both misinformation and too ...

This week, the National Zoo once again welcomed several new habitants. Four Japanese giant salamanders have arrived as a gift from the City of Hiroshima Asa Zoological Park, and join the lone ...

"Let's be friends forever." A small river burbles its accompaniment - a river flowing past their school, which contains along its length a number of concrete structures designed to make sure the ...

A Japanese high school student got the shock of his life after stumbling across a rare giant salamander on his morning commute. Yu O was walking along the banks of the Kamo River in Kyoto on July ...

The former Rainforest Immersion Gallery has been transformed into a 1,850-square-foot space for the zoo's Japanese giant salamanders, a habitat twice the size of their past habitat, according to a ...