Salamanders

The Save Our Springs Alliance hopes protections for the Pedernales River springs salamander will restrict development in the area around Hamilton Pool, where developers are planning to put in new subdivisions.

The city of Austin is signaling it intends to sue Kinder Morgan, the company behind the proposed Permian Highway Pipeline — a 430-mile natural gas line…

An environmental advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, claiming federal officials are failing to protect…

Environmental groups have announced their intention to sue the Texas Department of Transportation over how it has managed construction of its MoPac…

A team of biologists announced this week they’d found three new species of rare salamanders in Central Texas. The discovery of any new species is big news…

Swimmers and salamanders can continue their peaceful coexistence at Barton Springs Pool.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is granting the City of Austin…

Meet two of the newest creatures to receive federal Endangered Species Act protection: the Austin Blind Salamander and the Jollyville Plateau…

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it would cost $29 million over the next 23 years to designate critical habitat land for four central Texas…

A high of 93 under partly cloudy skies is forecast for Austin today but it will feel more like 98 degrees with the humidity. Here are your top morning…