... of a frog. Its backbone is exactly intermediate in number between the modern frogs and salamanders and more primitive amphibians.
The new fossil also addresses a controversy over molecular clock ...
Four miniature tunnels have been built in a national park south of Calgary to save hundreds of migrating salamanders from being squashed to death by traffic.
... the area, which in turn is attracting a larger diversity of insects and invertebrates.
Salamanders and snakes may then be following these creatures, creating a more diverse animal population overall ...
... deer activity is modifying forest ecosystems in unexpected ways. Out of several species of snakes, salamanders, and invertebrates studied, a greater diversity of animals were found in areas with deer ...
... for their young to hatch, but high temperatures and drought are drying up the water. The frogs and salamanders lay eggs that have a gelatinous outer layer—basically "jelly eggs," McMenamin says—that ...
... were the commonest vertebrates. In North American forests, it has been documented that salamanders are not only the commonest vertebrate, but by biomass have the greatest weight in the ecosystem. You ...
One-third of amphibian species are thought to be threatened or endangered, including the often forgotten salamander.
NEW HAVEN, Vt. (AP) -- The black salamander with yellow spots sat on the roadside in the dark, ready to make a go of it....
A bug-eyed salamander and a colorful poison frog are among 12
species possibly new to science recently found in the mountains of
Ecuador. Video.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Scientists are genetically modifying a bizarre looking Mexican salamander, which according to ancient mythology is a transformed Aztec god, in the hope its ability to ...
Axolotl: via Treehugger
Nip off the leg of this little axolotl salamander, and he grows it right back. The beasts' regenerative powers extend to their limbs, skin, jaws, those feathery antler-gills ...
... larval stage. They are useful scientific models for studying regeneration because, unlike other salamanders, they can be bred in captivity and have large embryos that are easy to work on.
When an ...
DAVIS, Calif., July 5 (UPI) -- California tiger salamanders face a threat from a hybrid relative as well as from over development and pollution, researchers said.
... in the northeast part of the state. But they ended up making a big discovery of a tiny animal, finding a new species of salamander that could change what scientists know about some amphibians.
... team of Washington and Lee University faculty and students are investigating the Sherando salamander, which is limited in its habitat to one ridge in the Blue Ridge mountains, to determine whether or ...
