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 …
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 …
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 …
