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September is Marbled Salamander Season (video)

Throughout the easteran United States, September marks the onset of the autumn season. The days begin to shorten and the first glimpses of fall are...
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Tiny Toads - watch your step!

During later summer throughout the United States, watch your step while hiking the trails of our forests. A variety of toad species have recently...
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Gray Tree Frog - camouflage king

Throughout most of the eastern half of the United States, one of the most famous sounds of high summer is the trill of the Gray Tree Frog. On hot...
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Rare salamander found in Pennsylvania (VIDEO)

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  • July 26, 2011
The erythristic salamander was thought to inhabit only the Northeastern states from Maine to New Jersey, with the exception of Ohio to the west....
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Miracle of spring: Marbled salamander (video)

As amphibian life begins to fill forests this spring, there is one salamander that has been active all winter: the marbled salamander. Marbled...
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Early terrestrial amphibian described by Carnegie Museum of Natural History scientists

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania…A team of researchers from Carnegie Museum of Natural History has described a new genus and species of carnivorous...
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