D.C. doesn’t have statehood or a vote in the Senate. It doesn’t have clusters of skyscrapers or rivers that are (officially) swimmable. But soon, it might have an official amphibian, thanks to a ...
It is one thing to receive the endorsement of fervent grade-school lobbyists but another to survive the intricate District of Columbia legislative process. However, the red-backed salamander has ...
There's another salamander vying to become Pennsylvania's official amphibian.House Republican leader Dave Reed circulated a memo Thursday seeking support for forthcoming legislation to make Wehrle's ...
Many may know that South Carolina has an official state bird (Carolina Wren), or that the official state animal is the white-tailed deer. But did you know that the Palmetto State also has a state ...
Pennsylvania's new official amphibian is a slimy, 2-foot-long salamander that needs clean streams to thrive.Gov. Tom Wolf signed legislation Tuesday granting the honor to the Eastern hellbender, a ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania is getting an official amphibian, a nocturnal, unsightly salamander that’s sometimes known as a snot otter, lasagna lizard or mud devil. The House voted 191-6 Tuesday to ...