There’s no other way to say it: the Chinese giant salamander is a cutie. Like the charismatic axolotl, this amphibian's limbs are adorably stubby for its size, and a smug smile constantly plays ...

London Zoo has launched a project to raise awareness about Chinese giant salamander. Named affectionately after one of the project's partners in China, Professor Wu is the only Chinese giant ...

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Languages: English, Spanish The Chinese giant salamander—previously thought to be a single species—is actually made up of three distinct lineages, research suggests. And one of these is likely ...

If you’re ever wading through a river in China and step on something squishy, take care—you might be standing on Andrias davidianus, the largest amphibian on Earth. This is exactly what ...

The researchers from Kyoto University were looking for purebred Japanese giant salamanders, a species that has become increasingly difficult to find. Chinese salamanders have been introduced by ...

The Chinese Giant Salamander can grow to as much as a meter in length, but it is a mysterious and enigmatic creature threatened by over-exploitation, disease, and habitat loss. Millions are being ...

According to a new study published in Ecology and Evolution, there are in fact three species of Chinese giant salamanders, one of which may be the biggest amphibian in the world. Researchers ...

But the Chinese giant salamander, which recently arrived at the Zoological Society of London's London Zoo, is the face of a new effort to save the world's largest amphibians by, in part ...