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Some salamander species can make great pets, as long as you’re okay with admiring them instead of handling them.
They say every generation thinks it's the end of the world. But the Santa Cruz long-toed salamander has been staring at oblivion since 1967 That’s the year the amphibian was listed under the ...
Scientists have revealed fossils of a giant salamander-like beast with sharp fangs that ruled waters before the first dinosaurs arrived.
Some 40 million years before the dinosaurs dominated Earth, a different sort of apex predator roamed the Gondwana supercontinent during the late Palaeozoic ice age: a massive, eight foot-long ...
Within five minutes, they found their mark: a two-foot-long salamander that, with some gentle prodding, swam straight into their net.
The reticulated flatwoods salamander once thrived in coastal plain forests beneath towering long leaf pines woodlands that stretched from Texas to Virginia.
Whatcheeria, a six-foot-long salamander-like creature that lived 340 million years ago, was the T. rex of its time: the biggest, baddest predator in its habitat. A new study reveals how they grew ...
40 million years before dinosaurs became the world’s apex predators, there existed a human-sized salamander with four-inch fangs, according to scientists.
Ostrich, endangered salamander among 100 animals found hoarded at Long Island home A tip led authorities to the family home on Tuesday, where the exotic animals were allegedly found packed in cages ...
A huge crocodile - salamander from 100 million years before dinosaurs existed has been unearthed in the U.S. The six-foot-long Whatcheeria was discovered in a limestone quarry near the town of ...
The evening tours of Montauk's seasonal pools will focus on the endangered salamander, which in New York State is only found on Long Island.
KYOTO, Japan – In Japanese rivers, if you’re very lucky, you might find unusual amphibians that grow up to 5 feet long and look like strange cartoon dinosaurs. They are giant salamanders.