Hellbenders may not be pretty to everyone, but these strictly aquatic salamanders are as interesting as their ... Since the agency denied protection for other eastern hellbender populations, in 2021 ...

The hellbender has been considered a species of special concern in New York since 1983, but in Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, and ...

The hellbender salamander thinks so too. Unfortunately, a number of habitat and water quality concerns threaten the health of the hellbenders and the places that we know and love. The “Feast Like a ...

Since 2006, the Lycoming College Clean Water Institute (CWI) has been studying and working to conserve the Eastern hellbender, a species of giant salamander native to the eastern United States.

The Eastern hellbender, a slimy, mud-colored creature that ranks as Indiana’s and the nation's largest salamander, may be listed federally as an endangered species. Nicknamed the “snot otter,” it ...

The hellbender salamander, which is found in 15 states including West Virginia, gained protections in the Missouri River in 2021 and was proposed for endangered species status in 2024 but was denied.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal last week to list a salamander found in Georgia on the Endangered Species List. The eastern hellbender can be found in northern Georgia and ...

The organizations have formed a partnership aimed at protecting the hellbender salamander, a species teetering on the brink of extinction. As part of this initiative, a pilot program at the high ...

A cocktail bar metamorphosing into a very good restaurant is as likely as a salamander turning into a butterfly. (A hellbender, by the way, is a large North American salamander named for its ...