After a long and frigid winter, the sound of spring peepers singing from beaver bogs is a welcome one for New Englanders. But ...

Their history, behaviors, and abilities constantly puzzle and amaze humans. Many juvenile salamanders look like axolotls because they live underwater and have the axolotl’s signature gills.

Adults may migrate long distances between summering and breeding sites: salamanders have been found along roads more than 1.2 miles from any known breeding ponds. Juvenile salamanders dispersing from ...