Mole salamanders migrate once a year during the transition from winter to spring. With the temperatures warming and the rain rolling in, here's what you need to know to go look for them.

In ancient times, people thought moist-skinned salamanders could survive in fire. That's not true, of course, but some salamanders have a surprising ability to deal with another temperature extreme: ...

The majority of DNA in one’s body does not encode for any protein. In a Feb. 25 lecture, Rachel Mueller, Colorado State University biology professor, addressed questions surrounding junk DNA, ...

Most amphibians wait for the warmth of springtime before they become active, but Jefferson salamanders run on a different internal clock. In late February or early March, they often emerge, a time of ...

This Western tiger salamander was collected and measured before being released during last year’s “Migration Night.” UW’s Biodiversity Institute will host the Laramie Salamander Migration Initiative, ...

On warmer, rainy nights in January, more salamanders and frogs will be trying to make their way across the roads in Alabama. It’s mating season, and they need to move during a time when it’s possible ...

A pair of studies from UT Austin offer insights into these keystone species. Eureycea salamanders (left, credit: Yaqing Li) and Ambystoma salamanders (right, credit: David Ledesma) feature in two ...

Squeezed waist-deep into the dampness under a boulder the size of an SUV, Erin Gaylord just found a spiderweb. With her face. Next to her, scrunched under the same rock, Nicole Cobb is trying to help ...

ON HOW THEY PLAN TO LEAD THE CITY OF DES MOINES. SALAMANDERS ARE ON THE MOVE IN IOWA. THE AMPHIBIANS ARE MIGRATING FOR THE WINTER AND YOU CAN SEE IT HAPPEN IN REAL TIME. KCCI AFFILIATE JACOBSEN WENT ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced that breeding migrations of amphibians such as frogs and salamanders began early this year due to a mild winter in upstate New York. In the ...