These salamanders could be Tennessee's newest endangered species. And Helene is to blame
Hellbender salamanders call Tennessee and 14 other states in the United States home, including Alabama, Kentucky, and Georgia ...
Knoxville News Sentinel17 天
These salamanders could be Tennessee's newest endangered species. And Helene is to blame
The "healthiest" of eastern hellbender salamander habitats was considered to be in North Carolina and Tennessee, the area devastated by Helene. The Endangered Species Act prohibits the “take ...
Center for Biological Diversity1 年
North Carolina Salamander Moves Toward Endangered Species Safeguards
N.C. “These salamanders are clinging to survival, and this decision is a good first step toward protecting an important part of North Carolina’s natural heritage,” said Will Harlan, a senior scientist ...
How listing hellbenders as endangered species could restore rivers | Word from the Smokies
The giant salamander species in Appalachia was already in trouble when Hurricane Helene devastated swaths of its habitat in ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN2 个月
Hurricane Helene Battered the 'Salamander Capital of the World' With Floods and Landslides ...
One of those, the Hickory Nut Gorge green salamander, was identified in 2019 and lives along a 14-mile gorge in North ...