2022.06.04

Genetically Bloated Beasts

The surprising persistence of salamanders is forcing us to rethink evolution

NEUSE RIVER WATERDOG, clumsy on land, lives entirely underwater, feeding only when an insect happens to swim by. / Photographs by Andrew Hetherington

NEUSE RIVER WATERDOG, clumsy on land, lives entirely underwater, feeding only when an insect happens to swim by. / Photographs by Andrew Hetherington

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