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.

Colloquially known as "water dogs," "devil dogs" and "snot otters," the eastern hellbender is the one of three giant salamander species in the world. Growing up to two feet in length, the animal ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing the Eastern hellbender as an endangered species. A group of determined young people, the original "Hellbender Defenders," say ...

“The hellbender demonstrates the importance of clean water and healthy aquatic ecosystems ... harassing or killing the species. Shelter Dog Helps Orphaned Wolf Pup 'Grow Into the Wolf ...

“The hellbender demonstrates the importance of clean water and healthy aquatic ecosystems,” Anna Pauletta, president of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Student Leadership Council, was quoted as saying ...

Some of these vanished forests once grew alongside streams and rivers, shading the water and keeping it within the cooler temperature range required by species like the hellbender.

Now, when fully grown, it takes two hands to just even hold one. The hellbender, though, needs very clean water to survive, and that's getting harder to find. Kentucky Public Radio's Justin Hicks ...

In a reversal of its previous stance, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing the Eastern hellbender as an endangered species, capping a lengthy quest by conservationists and ...

Some of these vanished forests once grew alongside streams and rivers, shading the water and keeping it within the cooler temperature range required by species like the hellbender.

Though many of the park’s streams are too high in the watershed to provide the volume of water hellbenders need to thrive, the Smokies, which escaped the worst of the storm’s fury, still hosts some ...