The California tiger salamander relies on seasonal ponds to breed. But for decades, the species has been under pressure from ...

Scientists have tested a new way to monitor a rare breed of salamander. They implanted microchips into 80 achoque, which are only found in one lake in Mexico.

ROANOKE, Va.— The Center for Biological Diversity today petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect the imperiled Dixie Caverns salamander under the Endangered Species Act. These ...

This rare and endangered species' population is growing thanks to the efforts of an Ohio zoo and its partners. Meet the ...

FILE - An axolotl swims in an aquarium at a museum at the Xochimilco Ecological Park, in Mexico City, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File) MEXICO CITY (AP) — Sixty years ago, residents of a ...

In a monastery beside a 16th-century basilica in Pátzcuaro, Mexico, Dominican nuns move between rows of aquarium tanks, ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Sixty years ago, residents of a canal-crossed borough in Mexico City could pluck axolotls — the large salamander reminiscent of a tiny dragon — out of the water with their hands ...