After decades working as a fisherman on a high-altitude Mexican lake, Froylan Correa is now helping to save an endangered ...

The animal world is full of adorable faces that hide some seriously strange features, but few creatures pull off this combo quite like the axolotl. With its cartoonish grin, feather-like gills, and ...

Salamanders, depending on the species, demonstrate much more habitat diversity. While many begin life in water, most adult salamanders are terrestrial or semi-aquatic, inhabiting forests, mountains, ...

While many begin life in water, most adult salamanders are terrestrial or semi-aquatic, inhabiting forests, mountains, and wetlands across the globe. Some species, like the fire salamander, prefer ...

Egg Stage: Most of these salamander relatives lay their eggs in water, most of the time in spring. Females can deposit approximately 100 to 400+ eggs per season (usually on aquatic plants or debris).

Hellbenders are one of the strange, amazing creatures we share the world with, and they play an important role in aquatic ecosystems. They need our appreciation and protection.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Ijams Nature Center is excited about eggs they spotted in a pond this week. What they spotted were spotted salamander eggs. The Ijams team posted on social media to tell ...

The creature spends most of the year underground and migrates to temporary pools and ponds to mate and lay egg masses.

Executive Director Erin Knight explains how spotted salamanders lay their eggs in the water at Conestee Nature Preserve.

When the Northwoods begin to thaw, whimsical creatures like fairy shrimp and spotted salamanders quietly come to life in Michigan’s vernal pools.