Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) crawls near a cypress swamp at night in Carbondale, Illinois. Emanuele Biggi, Minden ...

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FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) — An extremely rare creature was recently spotted in the Buckeye State, according to the Ohio Division of Wildlife. The division took to social media on Tuesday afternoon, ...

The Upper Peninsula's blue-spotted salamanders are out and about this spring as they mate and lay eggs in wetlands, and a Northern Michigan University program is keeping watch over them. Each spring, ...

In ancient times, people thought moist-skinned salamanders could survive in fire. That's not true, of course, but some salamanders have a surprising ability to deal with another temperature extreme: ...

Known as the spotted salamander, these yellow polka-dotted amphibians can grow to the whopping length of nearly 10 inches long, though on average they are six to eight inches long. “When you see them ...

***Learn about other unusual animals found in Ohio in the video above.*** FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) — An extremely rare creature was recently spotted in the Buckeye State, according to the Ohio ...

In the forests across the eastern United States there hides a large, nearly mythical creature most people have never seen. Known as the spotted salamander, these yellow polka-dotted amphibians can ...