Spotted salamanders have long fallen victim to unbridled residential and commercial development that has threatened or destroyed their habitats. (Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News) This article ...

Many may know that South Carolina has an official state bird (Carolina Wren) or even that the state has its own official state shell. But did you know that the Palmetto State also has a state ...

It is often considered one of the earliest signs of spring – the annual migration of the spotted salamander in New Jersey. The amphibians’ annual migration is prompted by the first warm and rainy ...

Did you know that the Palmetto State has its own state amphibian? South Carolina has an official amphibian that represents the Palmetto State and it is the only amphibian that is indigenous to the ...

MONTPELIER — The duo heard them long before seeing them, a wild cacophony from the darkness beyond the road. The throaty ribbits were wood frogs. The flighty chirps were minuscule spring peepers, ...

DENNISON TWP. – If you look closely at a spotted salamander… just stare at it for a moment, it almost appears prehistoric. The spotted salamander is the largest land salamander in the state. Some ...

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The Great Smoky Mountain National Park is known as the “Salamander Capital of the World.” Out of the 30 species of salamanders that call Western North Carolina home, perhaps the most mysterious is the ...