North America’s largest salamander — was decimated in southwest Virginia last September when deadly Hurricane Helene struck ...

Hellbenders are real, but we're not talking about those amphibians. Ohio is home to many salamander species, including the red-backed salamander. It was recently found wriggling around at the ...

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

“Protecting these giant salamanders will give umbrella safeguards to thousands of other species that rely on clean rivers.” In 2010 the Center and allies petitioned the Service seeking protection for ...

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 ...

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.

A male eastern hellbender with his eggs in an underwater nest box. Photo courtesy Cathy Jachowski. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...

An even larger species is the hellbender, a big fleshy salamander of river ... spotted salamanders have up to 50 yellow spots on a black body.Tiger salamanders are restricted to eastern Long Island ...

But maybe the biggest beneficiary will be a strange, ancient creature known as the eastern hellbender salamander. Sometimes called a snot otter or Allegheny alligator, it’s North America’s ...

New York has added the Atlantic Coast leopard frog, eastern fence lizard and eastern tiger salamander to its protected threatened and endangered species lists. The state’s Department of Environmental ...