Forty years ago an amateur Scottish paleontologist named Stan Wood made a fascinating discovery, uncovering Westlothiana ...

Meet the world’s largest salamander a prehistoric-looking amphibian that can grow over five feet long and lives a secretive ...

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 ...

7/3: CBS Morning News 19:56. Scientists have revealed fossils of a giant salamander-like beast with sharp fangs that ruled waters before the first dinosaurs arrived.The animal, researchers say, is ...

Sena Ishikawa and Saki Anan, master’s students studying giant salamanders at Kyoto University, ... 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.. The salamander has lost 87% of its ...

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 ...

Gaiasia jennyae measured between six and eight-feet long and possessed four-inch fangs, ... there existed a human-sized salamander with four-inch fangs, according to scientists. Primary Menu Sections.

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 ...

Smokies “sallies,” as they are affectionately called, range in size from the inch-long pigmy salamander to the eastern hellbender, the largest salamander in North America measuring up to 29 ...

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 What ...

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.