The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is helping to grow the population of the endangered eastern hellbender salamander. Hellbenders, North America's largest amphibian, are an indicator of good water quality ...

Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 45, No. 3 (September 2011), pp. 379-384 (6 pages) Life-cycle polyphenism has been hypothesized to facilitate ecological speciation in salamanders. A recent study ...

With the recent wet weather and high humidity the forest floor is a glow with Red Efts also known as the Eastern Spotted Newt. When I was growing up in the 1970’s there was a TV show called “Kung Fu”, ...

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and The Wilds released more than 100 rare and endangered giant salamanders this summer into protected waterways in eastern Ohio. According to a release from the zoo, 116 ...

An Eastern red-spotted newt, a North American native and a popular aquarium pet, shown in its juvenile stage, is pictured at the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia in June 2011, in this handout ...

Mortality was 100 percent among Eastern red-spotted newts (Nothophthalmus viridescens) exposed to a fungus from Asia that recently reached Europe, probably carried by salamanders in the pet shop trade ...