Paleontologist Andre LuJan had an assist from nature with his latest exciting fossil find. Heavy rains helped expose a nearly ...

A massive, extinct salamander with jaws like a vice once roamed ancient Tennessee and its fossil has just rewritten what we thought we knew about Appalachian amphibians. Named Dynamognathus robertsoni ...

ETSU researchers uncover a giant fossil salamander, shedding light on Appalachian biodiversity and ancient salamander ...

A giant burrowing salamander fossil challenges assumptions about amphibian evolution in prehistoric Appalachia. A giant ...

A giant, strong-jawed salamander once tunneled through ancient Tennessee soil. And thanks to a fossil unearthed near East Tennessee State University, scientists now better understand how it helped ...

A giant, strong-jawed salamander once tunneled through ancient Tennessee soil. And thanks to a fossil unearthed near East Tennessee State University, scientists now better understand how it helped ...

This new species, now providing essential insight into Appalachian ecosystems, was a powerful predator that may have had a profound influence on the evolution of the region’s salamander communities.

Tennessee is now home to more than 50 different salamander species—about one-eighth of all living species worldwide. This extraordinary diversity has long puzzled scientists, and the fossil find ...