They are thus indicators of poor water quality, a concern in parts of West Virginia where the hellbender, or Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, lives. The slimy brown monsters are the largest salamanders ...

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 ...

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 ...