The hellbender has been considered a species of special concern in New York since 1983, but in Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, and ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- To look at the wide, flat, slimy face of a hellbender with its beady eyes and goofy grin, you might not think it's sending us a message. However, the hellbender's absence from ...

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 ...

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.

Hellbenders may not be pretty to everyone, but these strictly aquatic salamanders are as interesting as their awesome name implies — and they grow up to 2 feet long and sometimes top 4 pounds, making ...

Part of a statewide conservation effort, Indian Creek High School students’ rearing of an endangered salamander species has ...

It’s not often high school students find themselves on the front lines of preserving a species. But that’s happening right now at Indian Creek High School where a team is working with others ...