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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.