JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Researchers at the Gray Fossil Site have discovered the remains of a giant salamander that once called prehistoric Appalachia home. According to a news release from East ...

A giant salamander that once lived in the London Zoo and was later on display at the Natural History Museum represents a new species that may be the world's largest amphibian. A giant salamander that ...

An unusual underwater creature was captured in China, appearing so still and camouflaged that it was initially mistaken for a rock. Nathan Thompson filmed the encounter after noticing what he believed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gaiasia jennyae measured 6-to-8 feet long and possessed four-inch fangs, per an eye-opening study published in the journal "Nature ...

Wild sightings of California giant salamanders are increasingly uncommon. So when a park ranger spotted one while monitoring streams in a remote forest in September 2025, the discovery thrilled ...

This summer in eastern Ohio, more than 100 giant salamanders were released into local streams. The animals, called hellbenders, had been raised in captivity and were finally ready to head back into ...

The Eastern hellbender, a slimy, mud-colored creature that ranks as Indiana’s and the nation's largest salamander, may be listed federally as an endangered species. Nicknamed the “snot otter,” it ...

Standing in a stream wearing snorkel gear and gloves, hellbender conservationists scooped the wriggly salamanders out of their bins and deposited them under suitable rocks underwater. The team has ...