Fishing duo Cole and Jay find a rare two-legged salamander during a winter swamp search.

Salamanders are amphibians, not reptiles. There are over 700 species of salamanders globally, but all are classified as amphibians. Amphibians are ectothermic, vertebrates, lay eggs, and undergo an ...

Morning Mix Even with little stumpy legs, these salamanders are made for extreme walking — up to 9 miles December 21, 2016 More than 8 years ago ...

The question of how salamanders regenerate their legs when amputated is an ancient one that dates back to the days of Aristotle. Now scientists have come one step closer to solving the mystery.

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By tracking individual cells in genetically modified salamanders, researchers have found an unexpected explanation for their seemingly magical ability to regrow lost limbs. Rather than having ...

Sessions, now a professor emeritus at Hartwick College, amputated the right rear legs from 27 species of plethodontid salamanders and measured how quickly they grew back.

Mexican salamanders who can re-grow amputated legs are not pulling off quite as big a biological trick as scientists had first thought, which may help doctors trying to regenerate human limbs.

The ability to conjure up an arm or leg after amputation works only in Hollywood, like when boy-wizard Harry Potter endures the pain of re-growing arm bones. Real regenerative medicine lags far ...

The findings suggest that some salamander ancestors had the ability to regenerate body parts nearly 80 million years before the first salamander existed.

A baby salamander preserved in amber presents a scientific surprise, especially since it was discovered in a place where there are no known salamanders.