Scientists knew that red-backed salamanders were abundant in eastern North America, but a recent study found their densities ...

“First of all, I have never seen an eastern newt,” Max Girshick, a fourth-grader at Powell, responded. He also pointed out that red-backed salamanders have red stripes (not unlike D.C.’s ...

Now, a new book, “Salamanders of the Eastern United States,” published ... a natural habitat also is remarkable. For instance, “red-backed salamanders in Appalachian forests occur in such ...