Kansas Day. The GPNC is hosting a Kansas Day event on Saturday, Jan. 25, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. “At this free open-house-style event, you will enjoy learning some new favorite things about our ...

Wild Side: GPNC introduces a barred tiger salamander, Kansas’ state amphibian by: Carina Branson. Posted: Jan 14, 2025 / 05:01 PM CST. Updated: Jan 14, 2025 / 05:01 PM CST.

The grotto salamander resides in the same region as the spotted cave salamander in southeast Kansas. They are blind cave-dwelling salamander that grow up to 5 inches long.

It can be quite a sight, said Ginny Weatherman, a Kansas University student who loves the salamanders and has worked to help them. “If you look at a salamander, they look like they’re always ...

Researchers discovered the Chirripó web-footed salamander, a new species, high in Costa Rica’s Cerro Chirripó National Park. Learn about this discovery ...

Scientists discovered “incredibly rare” and cannibalistic new animal species, Fujian bamboo salamander, hiding in muddy forest, study said.

Joe Collins, a herpetologist for the Kansas Biological Survey on Kansas University’s West Campus, has been keeping track of the smallmouth salamanders for nearly four decades.

Salamander Resorts Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary This Year — Here's How Owner Sheila Johnson Built a Hotel Empire . After a career in television, Sheila Johnson, the cofounder of BET, decided ...

Scientists are calling for an immediate ban on live salamander imports in the U.S. to try to prevent the spread of a fungal disease that could potentially devastate wild North American salamanders ...

Sheila Johnson, founder and CEO of Salamander Hotels & Resorts, vice chairman and partner of Monumental Sports & Entertainment and president and managing partner of the Washington Mystics, is our ...

On Tuesday, Colt Ewert from the Great Plains Nature Center introduced Tony, a barred tiger salamander, Kansas' state amphibian, during KSN's Wild Side segment.