Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. “The eastern hellbender is a unique salamander that plays a crucial role in maintaining healthy freshwater ecosystems,” Will Meeks ...

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

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 ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering adding the eastern hellbender salamander to its list of endangered species protected under the Endangered Species Act. The proposal to do so was ...

After a decade of legal maneuvering, the eastern hellbender, a salamander known to reside in a number of cool, clear West ...

The species has existed for millions of years, but the salamanders are threatened by poor water quality and populations have drastically declined. Hannah Woodburn holds an eastern hellbender ...