Volunteers in New York help amphibians cross roads during spring migrations, reducing deaths from traffic. The project has recorded tens of thousands of animals, providing valuable long-term ...

Salamanders emerge from their underground homes to cross busy roads during the spring breeding migration season. Salamanders lay up to 450 eggs in vernal pools every spring. Volunteers help document ...

SLOCUM TWP. — In the world of stream salamanders, the Northern spring salamander is king. Reaching up to eight inches in length with a thick, powerful body, the spring salamander is the largest of ...

NEW YORK (WWTI) — Wildlife experts in New York are getting ready for an annual amphibian migration. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and volunteers are preparing for ...

I was up at the Great Works Regional Land Trust’s Tatnic Wood Preserve almost a month ago. We had had our first somewhat warm (40 degree) rainy nights, conditions that, in New England, bring on the ...

Every March, just after the first warm rain, hundreds of salamanders begin to appear from their underground, subterranean habitats underneath logs and leaf litter, in search of water, signifying the ...

The first warm rains of spring, usually around the end of March or the beginning of April, coax an assortment of amphibians from their winter dormancy. Wood frogs, spring peepers, and a variety of ...

A favorite personal rite of spring is nocturnal salamander hunting. Come the first reasonably warm, rainy nights of late winter and early spring, the mole salamanders emerge from their earthy cloak.

The lifecycle of the spotted salamander. So much of New Hampshire’s natural beauty is obvious; from the top of a mountain trail, from the shore of a lake or pond, even from your kitchen window. You ...

Warm rain in the Hudson Valley signals the start of amphibian migration season. Frogs and salamanders leave forest shelters and travel to shallow breeding pools formed by snowmelt and rain. These ...