After observing a number of frogs, salamanders, and newts under blue and ultraviolet light, the team found that every amphibian they tested could glow, or ‘biofluoresce.’ Although ...

With their quiet, often nocturnal lifestyles, salamanders may seem unimpressive at a casual glance. But seen in another light, they positively shine. It turns out that salamanders—and many other ...

For example, the Rio Cauca caecilian — a gray, limbless aquatic amphibian — glowed bright green under the blue lights. While all of the caecilians, frogs and salamanders observed were ...

Jennifer Lamb and Matthew Davis, biologists at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, shone blue or ultraviolet light on 32 species of amphibians, including salamanders, frogs and the wormlike ...

With California now facing yearly threats of devastating wildfires, a Dominican University researcher is looking to salamanders as a potential indicator of the fires' impact on wildlife.

Salamanders resemble the first vertebrates that took to land. The scientists think their robot might help shed light on how these animals first acquired walking abilities. A salamander's gait ...

A “salamander Pompeii” suggests that one of the major groups of living amphibians originated in Asia, University of Chicago researchers reported in today’s Nature. The team discovered a ...

Discovery of a salamander in amber sheds light on evolution of Caribbean islands. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 08 / 150817142045.htm ...

The Red Hills Salamander is the only terrestrial vertebrate that inhabits only Alabama, according to Outdoor Alabama. They live in parts of just six counties: Crenshaw, Butler, Cov­ington ...