A recent rule put in place in 2016 restricting the international import of 201 salamander species into the United States aimed to prevent the newly discovered deadly salamander fungal disease, ...

RESTRICTIONS ARE IN PLACE UNTIL FRIDAY. IT’S TEMPTING TO PICK OUT AN EXOTIC CREATURE FROM A PET STORE. IT SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY HARMLESS PURCHASE, RIGHT? YEAH, BUT THOSE PETS CAN OFTEN CARRY DISEASES ...

The axolotl, with its permanent grin and youthful-looking body, has captured hearts thanks to TikTok and the popular video game Minecraft, which added the salamander to its universe in 2021. More and ...

Imported pet salamanders carry a new disease that could threaten salamander populations in New York state with extinction. Beth Bunting, a wildlife veterinarian with the Cornell University College of ...

A new form of a deadly fungal disease that has driven countless frogs to extinction around the world is now attacking salamanders, and California scientists fear the tiny amphibians are threatened ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Scientists from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute have been checking to see whether an import moratorium on possible carriers of a deadly disease will have time to protect American ...

In 2008, scientists started noticing that populations of fire salamanders were disappearing in Western Europe. A few years later, nearly all had vanished from large portions of Germany, Belgium and ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Amphibian experts recommend an immediate ban on salamander imports to the U.S. to prevent the spread of a deadly salamander fungus that is wreaking ...

A recent rule put in place in 2016 restricting the international import of 201 salamander species into the United States aimed to prevent the newly discovered deadly salamander fungal disease, ...