In 2019, a crew with the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy discovered a new population of hellbender salamanders in Butler County, an immediate sign of extremely clean water. Other common names for ...

The species has existed for millions of years, but the salamanders are threatened by poor water quality and populations have ...

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

The Eastern Hellbender has been the official state amphibian in Pennsylvania since 2019 and ... Hellbenders are the largest salamander that can be found in the United States and can live up ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing listing the eastern hellbender, which is Pennsylvania's ... one of North America's largest salamanders, growing up to 29 ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently proposed listing the eastern hellbender as endangered because of declines in the ...

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 ...

Evgeniadis said he hopes the proposal leads to more federal and state resources going to help protect and restore the hellbender population and habitat in Pennsylvania. The Fish and Wildlife ...

"The eastern hellbender is a unique salamander that plays a crucial role ... lizard—that in 2019 legislators voted to make it Pennsylvania's State Amphibian. However, the species is under ...

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

Eastern hellbenders are found in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, ...