When a Santa Barbara area family brought home a farmed Christmas tree to brighten their holidays, they never expected to find a surprise hidden among the branches: a tiny northwestern salamander, over ...

An insidious disease has eliminated dozens of the world’s frog species. Scientists fear a similar plague could be coming for ...

Slippery salamanders glide mysteriously through the canopies of the world’s tallest trees. Now, scientists say they understand how the small skydivers are able to maneuver seamlessly across California ...

Thanks to the Elkins Tree Board and City Councilwoman Nanci Bross-Fregonara, we will offer another series of three free Tree Talks at Kump Education Center. These lectures have been sponsored by ...

(via Deep Look) When a hungry bird comes near them, wandering salamanders can jump off the tallest trees in the world, California's coast redwoods, skydiving to a safe branch. Researchers decided to ...

Wandering salamanders are known for gliding high through the canopies of coastal redwood forests, but how the small amphibians stick their landing and take-off with ease remains something of a mystery ...

After a long and frigid winter, the sound of spring peepers singing from beaver bogs is a welcome one for New Englanders. But before frogs can start their songs, a massive migration has to take place.