Tropical Storm Helene devastated healthy populations of the eastern hellbender salamander. Because of this they may receive ...

The giant salamander species in Appalachia was already in trouble when Hurricane Helene devastated swaths of its habitat in ...

A research project will gather data on hellbender populations, which have declined over recent decades and were damaged after ...

The Ozark hellbender, which occurs in Missouri and Arkansas, was listed in 2011. In its review of the eastern hellbender’s status, the USFWS found that only 59% of the original 626 populations ...

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 ...

The Ozark hellbender, which occurs in Missouri and Arkansas, was listed in 2011. In its review of the eastern hellbender’s status, the USFWS found that only 59% of the original 626 populations ...

The Ozark subspecies is found only in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas. MIGRATION: The hellbender does not migrate. BREEDING: Hellbender breeding is aquatic. Males may move short distances ...