Their “robust” bodies have “a relatively wide head” and “moderately long” limbs. Their tails are “short ... Hoskins found female geckos “with two well-developed eggs visible” in their bellies, the ...

You might know axolotls from video games like “Minecraft” and “Pokemon,” but the aquatic salamanders with unique, adorable and popular with people who keep amphians as pets.

How salamanders manage to move around on uneven, vertical tree surfaces with such dexterity has long baffled scientists. A new discovery suggests they use a trick out of a horror movie ...

These structures were long thought to aid in oxygenation, but no scientific evidence supported that claim. The study suggests that controlling blood flow in the toes allows salamanders to adjust ...

A group of determined young people in Pennsylvania, the original “Hellbender Defenders,” say the recognition is long overdue. “The hellbender demonstrates the importance of clean water and healthy ...

“Understanding salamander toes could lead to similar breakthroughs in attachment technologies.” Salamanders of the Aneides genus have long puzzled scientists with their square-shaped toe tips and ...

Axolotls possess several genes for pigmentation so they can appear pink, black, brown or translucent white and can change ...

These giant salamanders, which average 20 inches ... such as those found only during the hellbender’s larval stage, like tail fins and external gills. “Through this method, we’ll be able ...

Regulating blood flow, the authors said, allows the long-legged wandering salamanders to adjust pressure asymmetrically. Blood rushing in before the “toe off” helps them to detach. And, by inflating ...

It’s under there because the moisture helps its membrane-like skin absorb oxygen; the species is part of a whole family of lungless salamanders. Eggs, laid on land in group ... and events to your ...