'Supercooling' keeps salamanders from freezing in Canadian winters

On a frigid April day, Brock University Professor of Biological Sciences Glenn Tattersall, then-Ph.D. student Danilo ...
Yahoo

Massachusetts doesn’t have an official state salamander. These kids hope to change that

Massachusetts residents, meet the critter who could become one of the state’s newest official animals. A group of students from Andover have made it their mission to bring awareness to the ...
NPR

In the snow, these salamanders get supercool

In ancient times, people thought moist-skinned salamanders could survive in fire. That's not true, of course, but some salamanders have a surprising ability to deal with another temperature extreme: ...
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Comparative Life Histories of Two Sympatric Ambystoma Species at a Breeding Pond in Massachusetts

Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) and members of the Blue-Spotted Salamander complex (Ambystoma laterale-jeffersonianum complex) often share terrestrial and wetland habitats, allowing ...
NPR

These salamanders supercool themselves to handle the snow

In ancient times, people had some wild beliefs about salamanders. They thought these cool-skinned amphibians could survive in fire. That is not true, of course. But some salamanders do have a ...