You might know axolotls from video games like “Minecraft” and “Pokemon,” but the aquatic salamanders with unique, adorable ...

It is one thing to receive the endorsement of fervent grade-school lobbyists but another to survive the intricate District of ...

Conservationists have been trying for five years to gain endangered status for the amphibian that is an indicator of clean ...

Fill your pond with rainwater (treated tap water often has chemicals that aren’t wildlife-friendly) and add a few rocks to ...

Even though Maine already has 31 official state symbols — including a soil type, soft drink, fossil and insect — there seems to be a tendency to focus on what we don't have. Take for example two ...

AUGUSTA (WGME) -- A tiny frog and a turtle could be Maine's next official state amphibian and reptile. On Monday, the Maine Audubon Society spoke in favor of two bills to make the spring peeper as the ...

The State and Local Government Committee held public hearings today on bills that would make some Maine critters more known.

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 ...

Following a 7,000-mile-long rescue mission for conservation, 33 tiny Southern Darwin’s frogs ( Rhinoderma darwinii) were born ...

State Rep. Laurie Osher of Orono presented a bill to name the spring peeper as Maine’s official amphibian. Someone told her they had been scouring other states’ lists of official things ...

The next time you declare that you are “freezing to death,” spare a thought for the wood frog who gets so cold in winter that ...

The Eastern hellbender, North America's largest salamander and Pennsylvania's state amphibian, is one step closer to ...