With its wide mouth charmingly outlined in yellow, the California tiger salamander always looks like it's smiling. But this beautiful amphibian is a discriminating species that can only thrive in ...

She’s a creature of the night, surfacing only during the rainy season to make an epic migration to her breeding grounds. She spends most of her life underground, tucked into burrows left by ground ...

The California tiger salamander relies on seasonal ponds to breed. But for decades, the species has been under pressure from non-native salamanders introduced in the 1950s and 1960s for use as fishing ...

April Chavez achavez@santamariatimes.com Nov 21, 2024 Nov 21, 2024 Updated Nov 22, 2024 Pioneer Valley High School biology students on Thursday helped a small army of biologists and airport officials ...

The Santa Maria Public Airport District has reached a $5 million settlement with state and federal wildlife officials over allegedly violating endangered species laws after the district was accused of ...

To aid randy California tiger salamanders making their way from their home in the Stanford Hills to their breeding ground in Lake Lagunita, Stanford University opened up a special tunnel under ...

Many residents attending a workshop Friday to discuss a recovery plan for the endangered California tiger salamander in Santa Barbara County, questioned how the plan would affect their property rights ...

The population of California tiger salamanders that live in the Stanford hills will have new breeding ponds ready by the winter rains. The university's hope is to have fewer of the small amphibians ...

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Pioneer Valley High School biology students on Thursday helped a small army of biologists and airport officials unload and set up the first of 105 tanks that will act as breeding ponds for the ...