"So the Japanese giant salamander is a twenty-three-million ... but construction and water pollution have damaged their habitat and led to a major decrease in their population.

Japanese researchers recently discovered four critically endangered salamander ... giant salamanders (of which there are several types) are also critically endangered, mostly from poaching and ...

USA, Oita Prefecture--H ome to Kyushu’s only natural habitat of the Japanese giant salamander, officials here are offering the public a real-life 3-D look at the elusive amphibian species. The ...

Washington (CNN)-- The Japanese giant salamander may hold the key to solving an extinction threat in the amphibian community, and researchers at the National Zoo in Washington are hoping a gift of ...

Skeletons and 3-dimensional convex hull models of the animals featured in this study: Japanese Giant Salamander (A, B); Chinese Giant Salamander (C, D); Tiger Salamander (E, F); California Newt (G ...