Salamanders live a cryptic existence and if we see them at all, it is usually under leaves, logs or rocks on the ground. They need to keep their bodies damp in such places.

Northland Nature: 2 salamanders under 1 log Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," among other books.

Pity the salamanders. At just a few months old, many emerge from water in Algonquin Provincial Park only to end up trapped in a pool of rainwater and digestive enzymes inside the bell-shaped leaves of ...

Why did the Jefferson salamanders take a month to cross King Road in Burlington, Ont.?To get to the other side — and make babies, according to Andrea Dunn, an ecologist with Conservation Halton.