Spotted salamanders do produce poisonous skin secretions, which allow them to taste bad to predators. For a human, these skin secretions are more irritating and would not kill an adult or even a ...

Spotted salamanders do produce poisonous skin secretions, which allow them to taste bad to predators. For a human, these skin secretions are more irritating and would not kill an adult or even a ...

The spotted salamander and this particular algae have developed a remarkable symbiotic relationship. In fact, the algae’s scientific name translates to “lover of salamander eggs. ...

Spotted salamanders do produce poisonous skin secretions, which allow them to taste bad to predators. For a human, these skin secretions are more irritating and would not kill an adult or even a ...

Spotted salamanders migrate a few hundred feet. They’ll stay in the water for a mating season that lasts only a few days, then return to the woods. But what a few days it is!

James Seay Brown Jr., a retired folklorist and natural historian who worked at Samford, wrote about Homewood’s relationship with the spotted salamander in his book, “Distracted by Alabama ...

Marbled salamanders belong to a family of salamanders called mole salamanders, or Ambystomatidae. In Massachusetts there are four species of Ambystomatids: marbled, spotted, blue-spotted, and ...

A spotted salamander walks toward a water source after being helped across the road in Middlesex on Friday. Photo by Natalie Williams/VTDigger. This is why, in 2018, ...

A spotted salamander comes up for a air while fairy shrimp swim next to it. Since that story nearly a quarter of a century ago, the one thing I’ve heard about that I didn’t get to see back ...

Blue-spotted salamanders are native to North America, with habitat ranging from the Atlantic Coast to the Great Lakes and up into parts of Canada. Adults reach from 4 to 5.5 inches, ...

Massachusetts residents, meet the critter who could become one of the state’s newest official animals. A group of students from Andover have made it their mission to bring awareness to the ...