You never forget your first time seeing a giant salamander, according to Andy Hill ... because we'll feel the impacts next.” The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned and won protection ...

In 2024, a set of images purportedly showing giant axolotl-like creatures circulated online. Two of the images showed men ...

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 ...

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 protection by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The eastern hellbender would be ...

A giant salamander that evolved on the supercontinent Pangaea and outlived the dinosaurs has been proposed for federal protection by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The eastern hellbender ...

They thrive in clear, oxygen-rich water and their presence is a key indicator of a river’s health, according to the Center for Biological Diversity, a leader in the fight to gain protections for the ...

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

BOONE — Slithering in the rocky streams and rivers of the eastern United States is a rare species of giant salamanders known as hellbenders. Dr. Michael Gangloff, professor in Appalachian State ...