Releasing Chinese giant salamanders back into the wild sounds like a good idea, but it's causing problems for the salamanders and for our understanding of what a species even is. Do you need a pin? We ...

While trying to save large amphibians native to Japan, herpetologists in the country unexpectedly found a way to potentially save an even bigger species in China. While trying to save large amphibians ...

“After surveying 97 sites, we found salamanders in only four localities,” Andrew Cunningham, a conservation biologist at the Zoological Society of London and coauthor of one of the studies, tells ...

KYOTO, Japan – In Japanese rivers, if you’re very lucky, you might find unusual amphibians that grow up to 5 feet long and look like strange cartoon dinosaurs. They are giant salamanders. “Salamanders ...