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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF BLOIS : MONUMENTAL STAIRCASE WITH SCREW, INTERIOR. "EXCAVATED LIKE AN IVORY FROM CHINA" ACCORDING TO BALZAC, COVERED WITH FINE RENAISSANCE SCULPTURES, ITALIANATE ORNAMENTS (STATUES, BALUSTERS, CANDELABRAS) AND ROYAL EMBLEMS (SALAMANDERS, CROWNS, "F" FOR FRANCOIS I, "C" FOR CLAUDE FROM FRANCE), IT OPENS BETWEEN THE BUTTRESSES BY LARGE BAYS ON THE COURTYARD OF THE CASTLE. ITS SLOPING, HELICALLY SHAPED VAULT, SUPPORTED BY EXTERNAL RECTANGULAR BUTTRESSES, MAKES IT A RECURRING SYMBOL OF FRENCH ARCHITECTURE IN THE RENAISSANCE AND HERALDS THE INNOVATIONS OF THE TIME ON STAIRCASE ARCHITECTURE, WHICH BECOME, MORE THAN FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT, A MAJOR AESTHETIC ADDITION. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan crown prince visits aquarium

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (C) listens to breeding staff explaining about giant salamanders at Kyoto Aquarium in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Jan. 21, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Yamato salamander

Photo taken Feb. 2, 2024, shows Yamato salamanders at an aquarium in Kakamigahara in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan.

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Colorful salamander images shown at 3D projection event

KYOTO, Japan - A 3D projection event gives viewers the sense of normally static salamanders moving on the wall by changing colors at an aquarium in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 20, 2014.

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Japanese giant salamander threatened by crossbreeding

KASHIHARA, Japan - A Japanese giant salamander is captured during a field study on June 27, 2014, in Uda, Nara Prefecture, western Japan. Experts warn that increasing crossbreeding with Chinese giant salamanders, an alien species, is threatening to wipe out the native species, designated as a special "natural monument" in Japan.

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Japanese giant salamander threatened by crossbreeding

KASHIHARA, Japan - Researchers examine a Japanese giant salamander captured during a field trip on June 27, 2014, at a river in Uda, Nara Prefecture, western Japan. Experts warn that increasing crossbreeding with Chinese giant salamanders, an alien species, is threatening to wipe out the native species, designated as a special "natural monument" in Japan.

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Giant salamanders show up during water tank cleaning

OKAYAMA, Japan - Giant salamanders, a rare species registered as a special national treasure, emerge from behind rocks as their water tank goes through a cleanup at the Ningyo-toge Environmental Engineering Center of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency in Kagamino, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on May 15, 2014.

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Japanese giant salamander at Smithsonian

WASHINGTON, United States - A Japanese giant salamander is unveiled to media at the National Zoo's breeding facility in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington on July 22, 2010. Japanese giant salamanders, designated as a Japanese national treasure, were sent to the United States as a gift from a zoo in Hiroshima.

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Naturally bred salamanders found on Japan's Shikoku Island

A salamander larva found in Kochi Prefecture is photographed in Kochi city on Feb. 6, 2015. Wanpaku Kochi Animal Land, a zoo in the city, announced the same day that it has found 16 salamander larvae in the western Japanese prefecture, confirming for the first time that salamanders, a species designated as one of Japan's special natural treasures, were naturally bred on Shikoku Island, the smallest of the country's four main islands. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Naturally bred salamanders found on Japan's Shikoku Island

A salamander larva found in Kochi Prefecture is photographed in Kochi city on Feb. 6, 2015. Wanpaku Kochi Animal Land, a zoo in the city, announced the same day that it has found 16 salamander larvae in the western Japanese prefecture, confirming for the first time that salamanders, a species designated as one of Japan's special natural treasures, were naturally bred on Shikoku Island, the smallest of the country's four main islands. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese giant salamander at Smithsonian

WASHINGTON, United States - A Japanese giant salamander is unveiled to media at the National Zoo's breeding facility in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington on July 22, 2010. Japanese giant salamanders, designated as a Japanese national treasure, were sent to the United States as a gift from a zoo in Hiroshima. (Kyodo)

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Colorful salamander images shown at 3D projection event

KYOTO, Japan - A 3D projection event gives viewers the sense of normally static salamanders moving on the wall by changing colors at an aquarium in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 20, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Japanese giant salamander threatened by crossbreeding

KASHIHARA, Japan - Researchers examine a Japanese giant salamander captured during a field trip on June 27, 2014, at a river in Uda, Nara Prefecture, western Japan. Experts warn that increasing crossbreeding with Chinese giant salamanders, an alien species, is threatening to wipe out the native species, designated as a special "natural monument" in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Giant salamanders in breeding period

Photo taken Sept. 4, 2017, in a river in the central Japan city of Mino shows a giant salamander, the biggest amphibian in the world. The giant salamanders there are now in their breeding season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Giant salamanders in breeding period

Photo taken Sept. 4, 2017, in a river in the central Japan city of Mino shows a giant salamander, the biggest amphibian in the world. The giant salamanders there are now in their breeding season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo