Now many of the streams where hellbenders once lived are too polluted to support them. They’ve undergone drastic population declines across their range in the eastern United States and face a long ...

As one of the original “Hellbender Defenders,” I am ecstatic that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is proposing to include the eastern hellbender under the Endangered Species Act.

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.

The Eastern hellbender, North America's largest salamander and Pennsylvania's state amphibian, is one step closer to receiving federal protection. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing ...

Are you curious about eastern hellbender salamanders? Learn about their biology, ecology and the work that is being done in Indiana and beyond to restore the populations of this endangered species in ...

Helene devastated some of the few remaining healthy populations of an iconic Appalachian species: the eastern hellbender. The species was in trouble even before the hurricane hit. Based on data ...

Could the eastern hellbender salamander become the newest endangered species in Tennessee? It's possible. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering adding the eastern hellbender salamander to ...

Helene devastated some of the few remaining healthy populations of an iconic Appalachian species — the eastern hellbender. The species was in trouble even before the hurricane hit. Based on data ...