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

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

Conservationists work to transplant protected eastern hellbenders, a large salamander species, ahead of dam removal on the Watauga River.

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 ...

The Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) is a slimy, flat, brown salamander — and North America’s largest. With small eyes and a natural “smirk,” hellbenders are one of the ...

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Eastern hellbenders are indicators of good water quality. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing new protections for the eastern hellbender five years after denying endangered status for ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently proposed listing the eastern hellbender as endangered because of declines in the salamander’s populations. “This is definitely a massive win for the ...

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Tom Howarth is a Newsweek reporter based in Bristol, U.K. His focus is reporting on nature and science. He covers climate change, biodiversity, extreme weather, zoonotic diseases and more.