Environment Hellbender salamanders, often found in East Tennessee, see population decrease Human activity is partly to blame for the decreased number of salamanders in East TN.

They found that modern salamanders were as active as their ancestors, but, as cold-blooded animals, they had to burn 7 to 8 percent more energy to maintain the same level of activity.

In order to examine the changing climate's effect on the salamanders' activity, the researchers created a computer model of an artificial salamander and combined it with weather data. They found that ...

The simulation showed the modern salamanders were just as active as their forbears had been. But to maintain that activity, they had to burn 7 to 8 percent more energy.

In contrast, slimy salamanders showed no clear responses to forest-road edges and had significantly different responses than those of red-backed salamanders. Within our experimental enclosures, ...

With a series of experiments, we tested the hypothesis that stress-induced decreases in locomotory activity are mediated by the glucocorticoid hormone, corticosterone (CORT). With the use of a ...

In order to examine the changing climate's effect on the salamanders' activity, the researchers created a computer model of an artificial salamander and combined it with weather data. They found that ...