Since moving to Missoula to attend the University of Montana, rising senior Hannah Hornyak took advantage of every ...

They say every generation thinks it's the end of the world. But the Santa Cruz long-toed salamander has been staring at oblivion since 1967 That’s the year the amphibian was listed under the ...

She found that the valley salamanders didn’t show as much aggression or any “cannibal morphs,” the name for the big-jawed, pseudo-fanged versions of long-toed salamanders.

WATSONVILLE — Several Santa Cruz long-toed salamander larvae were discovered this week in Elkhorn Slough for the first time in four years, giving the endangered species a fighting chance at ...

MOSS LANDING – The endangered Santa Cruz long-toed salamander is making a comeback in the Elkhorn Slough watershed. For the second consecutive year, researchers have discovered salamander lar… ...

The Santa Cruz long-toed salamander, for example, lays 200 to 400 eggs at a time according to the ADW. Spiny salamanders guard their eggs by curling their bodies around them.

The hybridized salamanders also pose a threat to the survival of the rare and tiny endangered Santa Cruz long-toed salamander, whose only known habitat is a watery mating swamp near Watsonville.

Hidden by their size and habits, salamanders — those charismatic microfauna integral to ecological functions — are equally worthy of consideration.

Pictured is a Santa Cruz long–toed salamander. Researchers aim to learn more about what areas it inhabits around the Monterey Bay and are enlisting landowners who have ponds to help with the ...

The long-toed salamander experienced high-severity fire across a greater portion of its range than any other species examined and has been shown to decline in population one to two decades ...

Amphibians like the long-toed salamander are particularly vulnerable to the ravages of wildfires. These creatures, which thrive in moist environments, find their habitats charred and uninhabitable ...

National Geographic Explorer and photographer Joel Sartore visited the Coastal Science Campus to take pictures of the Santa Cruz long-toed salamander, one of many endangered species that UC Santa Cruz ...