The Center was joined by Defenders of Wildlife in petitioning to protect the salamander under the Endangered Species Act. The Center and Defenders are working with the North Carolina Wildlife ...

BAT CAVE, N.C.— Conservation groups petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect Hickory Nut Gorge green salamanders under the Endangered Species Act. These green-splotched ...

North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia would be eligible for federal funds in efforts to ...

The various Ensatina salamanders ... north, in northern California and Oregon, the two populations merge, and only one form is found. In this area, it is clear that what looked like two separate ...

Carolina Sandhills salamander (Eurycea arenicola) in life from North Carolina. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!

North Carolina, and the executive director for the Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy, “and a lot of those species are in extremely small ranges.” Many species of salamanders are endemic to the ...

This story ran in the April 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. More than 20 million years ago a salamander hatchling less than three-quarters of an inch long met a traumatic end.