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If you spot a small, long-tailed amphibian near a forested pond, you are likely looking at a salamander or a newt. But what's the difference between a salamander and a newt? And how do you tell them ...

Salamanders are amphibians, not reptiles. There are over 700 species of salamanders globally, but all are classified as amphibians. Amphibians are ectothermic, vertebrates, lay eggs, and undergo an ...

Sometimes smooth, sometimes slippery, but always unique. Introducing one of the most interesting salamander relatives: newts. Newts are found in Europe, Asia, and North America. This lizard-frog ...

When a species is facing extinction, it takes an enormous human effort to stave it off. Case in point: the painstaking ...

Fire salamanders—one of Europe's most well-researched amphibians—are biofluorescent, which means they can absorb light from ...

Despite being in the scientific spotlight for centuries, the fire salamander’s biofluorescence was overlooked until now.

Graduate student Regina Spranger walked just off the path on the UC Santa Cruz campus and flipped a log over to reveal a reddish-brown salamander. She picked up the squirmy amphibian, about as long as ...

An international research team has discovered that the fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) is biofluorescent. A study ...