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 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 ...

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 ...

Okay, time for some live lizard sex. Er, live amphibian sex. The National Zoo http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/museums/national-zoological-park-smithsonian ...

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 ...

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 ...