A giant 45lb salamander was rescued from beneath the rubble of a house during a demolition. Locals saved the 4ft amphibian after finding it trapped under the old building near Dalong Cave in Jishou, ...

The salamander was already featured as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and has apparently almost vanished from its freshwater home in China, Cunningham and ...

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Japanese giant salamanders are a rare species with over 23 million years of history. Many Japanese and foreign volunteers have been moved to join Richard's cause.

They are giant salamanders. “Salamanders are big, and they’re cool,” said Sena Ishikawa, a master’s student studying the animals at Kyoto University.

ABOVE: LAUREN DIAZ W hen Clemson University master’s student Lauren Diaz set out to study the ecology of hellbender salamanders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) in the streams of western North Carolina, ...

Since 2006, the Lycoming College Clean Water Institute (CWI) has been studying and working to conserve the Eastern hellbender, a species of giant salamander native to the eastern United States.

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The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is asking the public to report sightings of giant salamanders called hellbenders, also known as water dogs or snot otters for their slimy secretions.

“Protecting these giant salamanders will give umbrella safeguards to thousands of other species that rely on clean rivers.” In 2010 the Center and allies petitioned the Service seeking protection for ...