A fossilized skull of a massive amphibian has been discovered in a Texas quarry, and its appearance has sparked comparisons ...

Forty years ago an amateur Scottish paleontologist named Stan Wood made a fascinating discovery, uncovering Westlothiana ...

Paleontologist Andre LuJan had an assist from nature with his latest exciting fossil find. Heavy rains helped expose a nearly complete skull of an enormous ancient salamander-like creature in a quarry ...

A giant burrowing salamander fossil challenges assumptions about amphibian evolution in prehistoric Appalachia. A giant ...

A rare, nearly complete skull of an ancient amphibian has been unearthed in North Central Texas. The discovery was made by ...

ETSU researchers uncover a giant fossil salamander, shedding light on Appalachian biodiversity and ancient salamander ...

These fossil bones were contained in a jar labeled "lizard," and scientists recently described them as belonging to Bolg amondol. Natural History Museum of Utah / Bureau of Land Management ...

Tennessee is now home to more than 50 different salamander species—about one-eighth of all living species worldwide. This extraordinary diversity has long puzzled scientists, and the fossil find ...

Scientists have uncovered a giant, ancient salamander fossil in Tennessee.

A massive, extinct salamander with jaws like a vice once roamed ancient Tennessee and its fossil has just rewritten what we thought we knew about Appalachian amphibians. Named Dynamognathus robertsoni ...