It’s a mild March night in Keene, New Hampshire, and the salamander brigade is out in full force. A constellation of ...

Fossils discovered in Japan more than two decades ago have finally been identified as a new genus and species of giant salamander. Limnospondylus ajimuensis lived around 3.5 million years ago in a ...

Experts have unearthed a giant fossilized salamander unlike any creature they have seen before. The ancient creature is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This frilly-gilled amphibian never leaves its tadpole stage ...

Growing up to 5 feet long, the Japanese giant salamander is among the largest amphibians living today. Now it's got a new ...

More than 1,600 young Threatened frosted flatwoods salamanders reached the landscape this year despite one the severe droughts in the Southeast.

In the late 1990s in the Ajimu region of Japan's Oita Prefecture, researchers discovered three fossilized vertebrae belonging to the Cryptobranchidae family of giant salamanders. These were embedded ...

The Chinese giant salamander is the world's largest amphibian, weighing upwards of 140 pounds and growing to a length of more than 5.9 feet Petr Hamerník - Zoo Praha via Wikimedia Commons under CC ...