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Nov. 30, 2018

Salamanders Helping Salamanders

The secret to salamanders’ survival may be in their slimy secretions. Scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute are swabbing salamanders in Shenandoah, looking for disease-fighting...

Eastern red-backed salamander

Mar. 16, 2017

Revisiting the Effects of Climate Change on Salamander Body Size: The Role of Natural History Collections

A recent paper by Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute scientists with the Center for Species Survival found that salamanders were larger in warmer parts of their range. The scientists also...