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Eastern Hellbender. Image by Ondreicka1010 via Depositphotos. Known as the “snot otter,” the Eastern Hellbender, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, is North America’s largest salamander species, inhabiting ...

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the big red sage (Salvia pentstemonoides), a plant species from central Texas, as an endangered species under the Endangered Species ...

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