Discover Magazine on MSN5mon
How Giant Salamanders Stretch to Such Enormous Sizes
According to Bonett, metamorphosis can expend a lot of energy. For some amphibians, it may have been more advantageous to ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN10d
Hurricane Helene Battered the ‘Salamander Capital of the World’ With Floods and Landslides. Will the Beloved Amphibians Survive the Aftermath?
When Hurricane Helene hit Valle Crucis in North Carolina, the creek across the Watauga River was already overflowing from 11 ...
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Saving the Giant Salamanders
Richard hopes that organizing giant salamander viewing tours will make more people care about their conservation. Peter is a carpenter skilled in the use of white birch, a type of wood not often ...
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Salamanders of New York
Salamanders, like frogs and toads, are amphibians. This means they lead "double lives" spending their early existence as aquatic larvae which undergo metamorphosis, transforming into land-based ...