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Feds propose protection for giant salamanders devastated by Hurricane Helene
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Feds propose protection for giant salamanders devastated by Hurricane Helene

Associated Press  

You never forget your first time seeing a giant salamander, according to Andy Hill. “You never lose your sense of wonder and otherworldliness when you see one,” said Hill, who now works as the Watauga Riverkeeper for MountainTrue, a nonprofit protecting natural ecosystems in western North Carolina, home to part of the Blue Ridge Mountains. For those working to ensure …

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Federal infrastructure funding is fueling a push to remove dams and restore river habitat
5 months ago

Federal infrastructure funding is fueling a push to remove dams and restore river habitat

Associated Press  

BOONE, N.C. — On the whooshing Watauga River, excavators claw at the remains of Shulls Mill Dam, pulling concrete apart piece by piece and gradually opening a waterway kept in check for nearly two centuries. Hannah Woodburn holds an eastern hellbender salamander near its cage where it will stay for 48 to 60 hours after relocation, on the Watauga River, …

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Why axolotls are everywhere — but a rarity in the one lake they call home
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Why axolotls are everywhere — but a rarity in the one lake they call home

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “They’re teenagers, at least in appearance, until they die.” Mexico's Lake Xochimilco is the only spot where axolotls are found in the wild. “All of our aquatic animals suffer with bad water quality, but amphibians suffer more because they have to breathe with the skin.” To add to the axolotls’ problems, invasive …

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Can salamanders, the silent amphibians, speak?
3 years, 10 months ago

Can salamanders, the silent amphibians, speak?

Live Mint  

Salamanders have long been considered “silent amphibians”, but a newly published paper by Robin Suyesh in Salamandra, the German journal of herpetology, threatens to challenge conventional wisdom by documenting males of a certain Himalayan salamanders vocalising for the first time ever. “What this study suggests is that these salamanders could also have evolved vocalisations as an adaptation due to the …

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New giant salamander species identified, may be world’s largest amphibian
5 years, 3 months ago

New giant salamander species identified, may be world’s largest amphibian

Hindustan Times  

Researchers have identified two new species of giant salamander - one of which they suspect is the world’s biggest amphibian - using DNA from museum specimens collected in the early 20th century. One of the newly identified species, the South China giant salamander, was first proposed in the 1920s based on an unusual salamander from southern China that lived at …

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Newly discovered species of giant salamander is ‘world’s largest’ known amphibian
5 years, 3 months ago

Newly discovered species of giant salamander is ‘world’s largest’ known amphibian

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Chinese giant salamanders, which are critically endangered and can grow to nearly 2m long, were …

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Flesh-eating plants found feasting on salamanders in North America for first time
5 years, 6 months ago

Flesh-eating plants found feasting on salamanders in North America for first time

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Flesh-eating pitcher plants living in a bog in Canada have for the first time been …

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