The federal government has proposed to list the eastern hellbender under the Endangered Species Act. Populations have ...

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

Thanks to social media, children across the United States are begging their parents to get them an exotic new pet. Axolotls, ...

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

Eastern hellbenders are cold and slick to the touch, but are also very muscular. (Photo: Lisa Sorg) The U.S. Fish and ...

Dr. Nobuyuki Kawai from Nagoya University in Japan has found that the rapid detection of snakes by monkeys is because of the ...

The eastern hellbender salamander — an enormous prehistoric looking amphibian that dwells in Southern Appalachian streams — ...

When you think of the invasive species doing the most harm to our environment, salamanders likely aren’t the first animals to ...

Protecting these giant salamanders will give umbrella safeguards to thousands of other species that rely on clean rivers.” As long ago as 2018, the NC Wildlife Resources Commission felt enough ...