Salamanders

Why this rare salamander became a conservation icon

Animals
Why this rare salamander became a conservation icon
Why this rare salamander became a conservation icon

How removing a dam could save North Carolina's ‘lasagna lizard’

Animals
How removing a dam could save North Carolina's ‘lasagna lizard’
How removing a dam could save North Carolina's ‘lasagna lizard’

These helpful predators are nature's pest control

Animals
These helpful predators are nature's pest control
These helpful predators are nature's pest control

What lurks beneath the surface of these forest pools?

Environment
What lurks beneath the surface of these forest pools?
What lurks beneath the surface of these forest pools?

Moment of Fresh Water

Moment of Fresh Water
Moment of Fresh Water

See a real ‘house of dragons’ in this Slovenian cave

Travel
See a real ‘house of dragons’ in this Slovenian cave
See a real ‘house of dragons’ in this Slovenian cave

Secrets of 'skydiving' salamanders revealed

  • Animals
  • Weird & Wild
Secrets of 'skydiving' salamanders revealed
Secrets of 'skydiving' salamanders revealed

World’s largest amphibian identified as a unique species

  • Animals
  • Weird & Wild
World’s largest amphibian identified as a unique species
World’s largest amphibian identified as a unique species

Meet the shape-shifting baby amphibians that turn cannibals

Animals
Meet the shape-shifting baby amphibians that turn cannibals
Meet the shape-shifting baby amphibians that turn cannibals

Carnivorous plants eat far more salamanders than scientists thought

  • Animals
  • Weird & Wild
Carnivorous plants eat far more salamanders than scientists thought
Carnivorous plants eat far more salamanders than scientists thought

Amphibian 'apocalypse' caused by most destructive pathogen ever

Animals
Amphibian 'apocalypse' caused by most destructive pathogen ever
Amphibian 'apocalypse' caused by most destructive pathogen ever

See a salamander grow from a single cell

  • Animals
  • Weird & Wild
See a salamander grow from a single cell
See a salamander grow from a single cell

Go underwater into the overlooked world of freshwater animals

  • Animals
  • Vanishing
Go underwater into the overlooked world of freshwater animals
Go underwater into the overlooked world of freshwater animals
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