Home Newsroom News Archive News Archive Skip filter form Search Term Sort by RelevanceDate Filter By By Animal - + Aldabra tortoise Alpaca American bison Andean bear Aquatic caecilian Asian elephant Asian small-clawed otter Bennett's wallaby Black-footed ferret California sea lion Channel catfish Cheetah Chicken Common raven Corals and sea anemones (anthozoa) Cow Dama gazelle Eastern newt (-) Eastern red-backed salamander Eld's deer Fennec fox Giant panda Goat Golden lion tamarin Gray seal Gray wolf Guam kingfisher (sihek) Guam rail (ko’ko’) Harbor seal Hawk-headed parrot Lion Maned wolf Miniature donkey Naked mole-rat North American porcupine Orangutan Ossabaw Island hog Panamanian golden frog Patagonian mara Prehensile-tailed porcupine Przewalski's horse Red panda Scimitar-horned oryx Screaming hairy armadillo Sloth bear Tentacled snake Tiger Two-toed sloth Western lowland gorilla White-cheeked gibbon White-nosed coati Whooping crane No result By Year - + 2024 (-) 2018 2017 Displaying 1 - 1 of 1 articles. November 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 microbes that live in the mucus on their skin.