The Eastern hellbender, a slimy, mud-colored creature that ranks as Indiana’s and the nation's largest salamander, may be ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed to list the eastern hellbender under the federal Endangered Species Act.

You never forget your first time seeing a giant salamander, according to Andy Hill. He was a teenager, standing thigh-high in the Watauga River outside Boone, North Carolina, casting a line on an ...

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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 ...

The giant salamanders lost more than three-fourths of their population before Hurricane Helene, which destroyed river habitat ...

Weighing 4 pounds and stretching 2 feet from tail tip to snout, the hellbender qualifies as North America’s largest salamander, boasting a habitat that stretches from Mississippi to New York ...

ASHEVILLE - The eastern hellbender, known for living among North America's rivers and streams, has long been considered an at-risk species, after the wrath of Tropical Storm Helene swept across ...

The US Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Dec. 12, 2024, that it is proposing listing the Eastern hellbender as endangered nationally in response to a petition from several non-governmental ...