With four legs for crawling, a slender and long body, and even a similar tail, salamanders and lizards can be hard to tell apart. Although they look alike, they belong to completely different classes.

“It is so chilly that it puts out fire by its contact, in the same way as ice does. It vomits from its mouth a milky slaver, one touch of which on any part of the human body causes all the hair to ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Certain species of salamanders and lizards can actually hear through their lungs, according to a new study at Ohio State University. The research extends previous studies showing that ...

That s nice, you say, about time. But what the heck is it? The Lancaster Herpetology Society is for those into snakes, turtles, frogs, lizards, crocodiles, salamanders, newts, toads and a host of ...

ALBANY, N.Y.— New York has added the Atlantic Coast leopard frog, eastern fence lizard and eastern tiger salamander to its protected threatened and endangered species lists. The state’s Department of ...