ASHEVILLE - The eastern hellbender, known for living among North America's rivers and streams, has long been considered an at-risk species, after the wrath of Tropical Storm Helene swept across ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal last week to list a salamander found in Georgia on the Endangered Species List. The eastern hellbender can be found in northern Georgia and 14 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Eastern hellbenders could soon receive federal protection, according to a proposal that was made by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on Thursday. U.S. wildlife officials said ...

The hellbender has hit the headlines again recently as legislators move to make it Pennsylvania’s official state amphibian. Here’s a look at the animal and the reason some want to elevate it to ...

The Eastern hellbender, a slimy, mud-colored creature that ranks as Indiana’s and the nation's largest salamander, may be listed federally as an endangered species. Nicknamed the “snot otter,” it ...

But humans aren’t the only species whose communities were ravaged by the floodwaters. Helene devastated some of the few remaining healthy populations of an iconic Appalachian species — the eastern ...

As one of the original “Hellbender Defenders,” I am ecstatic that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is proposing to include the eastern hellbender under the Endangered Species Act. I was ...

The giant salamander called the hellbender has been put on a list of species that may soon be considered endangered. Now, when fully grown, it takes two hands to just even hold one. The hellbender, ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Eastern Hellbender, a large and slimy salamander lives, in places with clean fresh water. Because of pollution-related concerns, experts said the species has been hard to find.

I called the world's foremost expert on the Eastern hellbender salamander, Dr. Peter Petokas, to get the skinny on what is really an amazing critter – if your definition of amazing includes looking ...

They're wrinkly and rare, and the biggest ones can grow up to 2.5 feet long. Missouri's population of endangered hellbender salamanders recently got another huge boost from the St. Louis Zoo, Missouri ...

UPDATE: The lawsuit was filed July 1, demanding that the federal government issue endangered species status to the Eastern hellbender salamander. The snot otter has lawyered up. Well, technically, the ...