News tagged with black salamander

Volunteers help salamanders avoid roadway massacre

(AP) -- The black salamander with yellow spots sat on the roadside in the dark, ready to make a go of it.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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World's first captive breeding of Ozark hellbenders at Saint Louis Zoo

The Saint Louis Zoo's Ron Goellner Center for Hellbender Conservation and the Missouri Department of Conservation announced on Nov. 30, 2011, that Ozark hellbenders have been bred in captivity—a first for either of the ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Biologist illuminates unique world of cave creatures

They are dark, sometimes forbidding landscapes molded by volcanic eruptions or subterranean streams, but caves are also home to a host of creatures strangely adapted to the underworld.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Lasers help researchers predict birds' preferred habitat

Every spring, migratory birds like the Black-throated Blue Warbler journey from tropical Caribbean or South American refuges to North American forests. But which forest patch will they call home this year? ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Demise of coral, salamander show impact of Web

(AP) -- The Internet has emerged as one of the greatest threats to rare species, fueling the illegal wildlife trade and making it easier to buy everything from live baby lions to wine made from tiger bones, ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Afghanistan releases its first-ever list of protected species

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced today that the Afghanistan's National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA), in an effort to safeguard its natural heritage, has released the country's first-ever list of protected ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Salamanders, headwater streams critical in food chain

University of Missouri scientist Ray Semlitsch studies creatures most people don’t ever see. These creatures are active only at night and thrive in the shallow, cool, wet surroundings of headwater streams, an oft-overlooked ...

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created Feb 22, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Researchers Sometimes Encounter What They're Not Looking For

When researchers from the Sharon Lawler lab, Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, hike into the wilds to do ecological research, sometimes they feel as if they're being watched.

Other Sciences / Other

created May 30, 2007 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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