Ohio is home to 25 species of salamander. An abundance of the amphibians — or lack thereof — can indicate the health of a ...

Scientists knew that red-backed salamanders were abundant in eastern North America, but a recent study found their densities and biomass across the region were much higher than expected. The study ...

A red-backed salamander that is a chocolate brown base color with white speckling and a distinctly bright red-orange stripe running the length of its back from its neck to the tip of its tail rest ...

Julia Butch, a conservation specialist at Huron Pines, met with volunteer leaders at the Emily Min Hunt Nature Preserve in ...

However, the red-backed salamander has surmounted all possible obstacles to become D.C.’s official amphibian. Students from Powell Bilingual Elementary School testified last September before the ...

In eastern and southern portions of the state, red and longtail salamanders also occur. Sometimes it seems that every other log or rock on the forest floor harbors a redback salamander. These small ...