"If you're climbing a redwood and have 18 toes gripping bark, being able to detach efficiently without damaging your toe tips makes a huge difference," Brown said in a statement.

Why it's awesome: The wandering salamander isn't an average amphibian. Instead of skulking under logs or swimming in swamps, it lives an arboreal lifestyle. Native to the redwood forests, these ...

Those were 400-foot-tall trees, 40 storeys, and probably close to 4,000 years old." Milarch says the largest living coast redwood is about 6.7 metres, or 20 to 22 feet in diameter.

The Tony-winner also climbed an actual Redwood tree as part of the preparation, an experience that she said is "magical." "It's hard to put words to it, which is why singing about it is really ...