Toads - a poem by Eileen L. Ziesler

book review - What Newt Could Do for Turtle
I attempt to find quality books that focus on salamanders and amphibians to review at a salamander blog. "What Newt

What bugged the dinosaurs [and now amphibians]
While scanning several tv channels more than a month ago now, I came across a show on alternate theories of how the dinosaurs went extinct. Either on the Discovery Channel or History Channel, I can't recall. The show focused on a husband and wife team, George and Roberta Poinar, who had an alternate theory on dinosaur extinction. They proposed that environmental

Update on Japanese Giant Salamanders at National Zoo
Updating information from an earlier post, according to a press release from the National Zoo, because of declining health, a decision was made to euthanize the Asian Trail's Japanese Salamander in November of 2008. Somehow I missed this news and noticed it mentioned on caudata.org. The press release from the Zoo states that six other zoos around the country have Japanese Giant Salamanders on display. The following

salamander woodcut print
Visiting Grand Marais, MN a year or so ago, my wife and I found our way into a local art gallery displaying artwork from several local artists. Some of the artists I recognized, Roy Thomas, an Ojibwa woodland style painter (a large original Roy Thomas painting can be found at the Wolf Ridge Envi