Lungless salamanders develop lungs as embryos despite lung loss in adults for millions of years Date: August 17, 2022 Source: Harvard University, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology ...

“Clearly lungless salamanders do fine without lungs given that they make up about two-thirds of all salamander species,” said lead author Zachary R. Lewis, former doctoral candidate (PhD ’16 ...

A giant, strong-jawed salamander once tunneled through ancient Tennessee soil. And thanks to a fossil unearthed near East Tennessee State University, scientists now better understand how it helped ...

In contrast, Alabama's Red Hills salamander (Phaeognathus hubrichti), a rare lungless species with a worm-like body and tiny limbs, and which lives underground, is thought to be a more distantly ...

A giant burrowing salamander fossil challenges assumptions about amphibian evolution in prehistoric Appalachia. A giant ...

Salamanders, like frogs and toads, are amphibians. ... Other woodland lungless salamanders include the slimy salamander, known by its white-flecked black body, large size (six inches) and the copious ...

Rare spotted Appalachian salamander is lungless animal species and in danger, at risk of going extinct, lives in rock faces, scientists say ...

While many salamander species have lungs, the Red Hills does not, according to Outdoor Alabama, making it one of the largest lungless salamanders in the world. A map displaying the location of the ...

Bolitoglossa salamanders are also known as “‘mushroom-tongued’ or ‘tropical lungless’ salamanders” and have “a very long and rapidly projected tongue,” according to a 2023 study ...

In the lush Southern Appalachian forests, you're likely to cross paths with one of Tennessee’s roughly 50 salamander species, many of which belong to the family Plethodontidae, or lungless salamanders ...

Bolitoglossa salamanders are also known as “‘mushroom-tongued’ or ‘tropical lungless’ salamanders” and have “a very long and rapidly projected tongue,” according to a 2023 study ...