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 ...

A giant salamander that evolved on the supercontinent Pangaea and outlived the dinosaurs has been proposed for federal ...

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

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is inviting public feedback on a proposal to list the eastern hellbender as an ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While a slimy species of giant salamander continues disappearing from mountain streams, conservationists hope endangered species protections can help the Eastern hellbender turn the tide toward ...