Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A fire salamander bathed in ultraviolet light reveals a constellation of green-blue lights across its stomach and sides. Bernat ...

A massive, extinct salamander with jaws like a vice once roamed ancient Tennessee and its fossil has just rewritten what we thought we knew about Appalachian amphibians. Named Dynamognathus robertsoni ...

For centuries, fire salamanders have been among Europe's most recognizable amphibians. Their striking black bodies marked with bright yellow patches have long served as a warning to predators that ...

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Oct. 15, 2015—salamanders are carnivores? They are the most abundant vertebrate predator within the Appalachian region. There can be up to 1,000 salamanders in a patch of forest the size of an average ...

In antiquity, many thought salamanders were fire-proof. The legend, which likely originated from the amphibians' penchant for living in firewood, inspired the common name of the fire salamander, a ...