Perhaps the amphibian’s cheerful appearance is powered by its long lifespan. Western tiger salamanders are known to live 14 years or so, according to the National Wildlife Federation.

The spring salamander attains the greatest size and bulk of the streamside salamanders, reaching lengths of 7-1/2 inches not including the long tail. Like the other streamside salamanders, it breathes ...

The team found larvae of the threatened California tiger salamander in 28 of the 58 pools they monitor. The endangered vernal pool tadpole shrimp was found in 49 of these pools.

What’s smooth, short, and blotchy all over? The western tiger salamander of course. Salamanders are a small animal that remind you of the more familiar lizards. However, lizards are reptiles ...

Eastern tiger salamanders have a smiley face and a very long tail. The amphibian nearly disappeared in Maryland because of development and pollution, but 1,000 to 2,000 now live in the state ...

The Water Agency has applied for a $142,000 grant from Caltrans to put three pieces of pipe under the roadway near Cotati to allow tiger salamanders, an endangered species, to get safely to a pond ...

If salamanders aren’t reproducing, it’s a pretty good indication that something’s not right.” Not very many organisms live in water and on land, Vanek added.

He says these studies are important to Colorado, and the world. Researchers are studying Colorado's official state amphibian — the tiger salamander -- in order to learn more about our environment.

Santa Rosa reached a settlement with a litigious local environmental group that threatened to sue over the city’s management of land that may be habitat for endangered tiger salamanders. The ...

Years of work by Sonoma County wine grape growers to reform county erosion-control rules helped the latest deal with federal regulators on saving and creating California tiger salamander habitat.