Day trip to the Ozarks, Arkansas: Exploring the rich diversity of salamanders in the wild
Dr. Ronald Bonett’s animal facility has already given us a unique glimpse of the species that inhabit these lands, but nothing compares to observing these creatures in their natural habitat: not only is it picturesque, but it also gives us…
What is your spirit salamander?
Axolotls at different stages of ontogeny before and after Deeplabcut
Chasing dragons in a laboratory cave
Do you like caving ? In early September, Anthony Herrel and I went to Moulis (Ariège, France) to visit the CNRS laboratory cave part of the SETE, hosted by our collaborator Olivier Guillaume, without whom this would not have been…
Olm (Proteus anguinus) suction feeding
Pyrenean newt (Calotriton asper) feeding
How do we prepare specimens for scanning?
In order to observe the precise morphology of the head bones, we use a micro-computed tomography (micro-CT scanner). This is a 3D imaging technique using x-rays to see inside an object, slice by slice. For our project, we need to…
Filming salamanders at the Amphibian Foundation
Why salamanders are so special? Were you aware that Salamanders present the most important diversity of developmental strategies among vertebrates? Most salamander species have what we call a biphasic life cycle, meaning that, like the frogs, eggs are laid in…
Larval frosted flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum) suction feeding
Adult axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) suction feeding
Adult northern slimy salamander (Plethodon glutinosus) feeding
Adult tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) eating a cricket
