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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - On Monday, Japanese giant salamanders Panda, Peace and Maru were welcomed into their new home at the Honolulu Zoo. The salamanders, two female and one male, were ...