Spotted salamanders have long fallen victim to unbridled residential and commercial development that has threatened or destroyed their habitats. (Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News) This article ...

Armed with a yellow and a black crayon, a 9-year-old conservationist recently helped persuade an Alabama university to rethink building a sprawling sports facility on a critical spotted salamander ...

HOMEWOOD, Ala.—Nine-year-old Ruby Banta thought it was a pretty simple choice, even for adults. “This was the salamander’s habitat first,” she said after an afternoon soccer game. “It’s not a college ...

Samford University and its partner Landmark Development today announced a plan to alter a proposed hotel and shopping development on Lakeshore Parkway to better accommodate one of Homewood’s favorite ...

Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc.    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Why we need to publish a rule. Under the Endangered Species Act (Act), any species that is determined to be an ...

The population of California tiger salamanders that live in the Stanford hills will have new breeding ponds ready by the winter rains. The university's hope is to have fewer of the small amphibians ...

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) published a proposed rule in the August 22nd Federal Register that would list the salamander mussel as an endangered species under the ...

Salamanders may seem like insignificant creatures that enjoy wandering around humid environments. Most people would attach little importance to these small and solitary amphibians. Yet, salamanders, ...

That rather cynical question has been asked since the world first conceived of the idea of preserving endangered species. There was a time before that, when humans (not all humans, mind you) didn’t ...

One or more ATVs recently tore through pools serving as salamander nurseries on the Elms property south of Lexington Park, destroying hundreds of the amphibian eggs, an environmental educator said.A ...