With spring bringing an influx of rainy days to Ohio, a slithery, slimy amphibian has emerged and is roaming around. Hellbenders are real, but we're not talking about those amphibians. Ohio is home to ...

Next time you’re walking through fallen leaves in a forest, keep an eye out for the Eastern red-backed salamander—a small woodland creature with a huge role to play. Mike Bock Eastern red-backed ...

Washingtonian first met nine-year-old Max Girshick in June, when he talked about a movement among his Powell Elementary School classmates to designate the eastern red-backed salamander as DC’s ...

The District has a handful of official critters. The wood thrush is DC’s official bird, the American shad is our official fish, and big brown bat was awarded title of official mammal in 2020. Missing ...

Natural closeup on a bright red Western redback salamander, Plethodon vehiculum sitting on the ground.(Getty Images/Wirestock) Fourth grade students from Powell Elementary School testified Wednesday ...

This is the seventh in a series looking at 10 of the most unusual and noteworthy endangered species in Alabama. The state is one of the most biodiverse in the nation, and today there are 131 species ...

Approximately 23,000 acres of forestland in the Red Hills region of southwest Alabama has been bought up by The Conservation Fund, a leading national nonprofit in land protection. Why? To protect some ...