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

The hellbender, the largest species of salamander in the Americas, is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it’s at high risk of extinction in the wild. Yet despite this ...

You never forget your first time seeing a giant salamander, according to Andy Hill. He was a teenager, standing thigh-high in ...

On Thursday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to list the eastern hellbender, a type of giant salamander in ...

A giant salamander typically found in central Appalachia called the hellbender is on the way to being endangered. The bizarre ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — On Thursday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to list the eastern hellbender, a type of giant salamander in Tennessee and other nearby states, as an ...

Eastern hellbender salamander (Photo: Tierra Curry/Center for Biological Diversity ... a leader in the fight to gain ...

After the eastern hellbender was devastated by Tropical Storm Helene, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service has proposed to ...

You never forget your first time seeing a giant salamander ... a line on an early fall day when he saw his first eastern hellbender. The salamander stretched 2 feet long and was camouflaged ...

Protecting these giant salamanders will give umbrella safeguards ... making it illegal to catch, kill or bother a hellbender. But federal protection goes much farther, requiring any federal ...