While many are aware of the many different species of toads and frogs that mix their voices together to form this springtime music, you may be surprised to learn of the third, more elusive type of ...

The Mojave Desert may lose and gain suitable habitat for Gila monsters. But the unathletic reptiles might be mostly stuck in the waning oases.

And within these canals, in a city of 22 million people, lies the last remaining wild habitat of a strange, smiling salamander called the axolotl.

Where do they go if their habitat is destroyed ... move quickly and won’t be as vulnerable as cavity nesting species, salamanders, snakes and frogs, which might suffer more in the short term.

The Spanish marbled duck is an endangered species — but thanks to conservation efforts, its numbers are on the rise.

we have an official state bird (red cardinal), reptile (eastern box turtle), horse (colonial Spanish mustang), mollusk (Scotch bonnet), dog (Plott Hound), and mammal (eastern gray squirrel), as well ...

RALEIGH — There are many critters designated by law to symbolize North Carolina. For example, we have an official state bird (red cardinal), reptile (eastern box turtle), horse (colonial Spanish ...

There are many critters designated by law to symbolize North Carolina. For example, we have an official state bird (red cardinal), reptile (eastern box turtle), horse (colonial Spanish mustang ...