Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With a narrow travel window, these amphibians risk freezing or harming themselves during their journey. These amphibians ...

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 ...

A recent visit to Salleyland, South Carolina, was as pleasant as could be expected on a muggy midsummer day while trudging through swamp mud and wiping spiderwebs from our faces. Even when I ...

Most amphibians wait for the warmth of springtime before they become active, but Jefferson salamanders run on a different internal clock. In late February or early March, they often emerge, a time of ...