Perhaps the strangest-looking animal in this catch was a species dubbed Eurycea rathbuni, now known as the Texas blind salamander. Upon discovery, herpetologist Leonhard Stejneger described them ...

Texas officials are warning residents against a popular—albeit illegal—summertime activity that can negatively impact two endangered species of salamanders in Austin waterways. Lakes and ...

AUSTIN, Texas— The Center for Biological Diversity today won a legal victory requiring the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to designate protected critical habitat in central Texas for the Georgetown ...

The salamanders have been released onto privately owned timberland property in Santa Rosa County north of Pace The reticulated flatwoods salamander once thrived in coastal plain forests beneath ...

The two-inch-long, “neotenic” Jollyville Plateau salamander retains gills for its entire life and spends all its time underwater, inhabiting springs, spring runs and wet caves fed by the Edwards ...

Do you notice anything unusual about this salamander? If you need a clue – in this cave there is usually no light. This is a Texas Blind salamander; a type of salamander that has no eyes.