Buncombe Board of Commissioners gave a financial update on Feb. 4. They support the Eastern Hellbender and disburse funds for ...

Tropical Storm Helene devastated healthy populations of the eastern hellbender salamander. Because of this they may receive ...

The Eastern hellbender, North America's largest salamander and Pennsylvania's state amphibian, is one step closer to ...

Conservationists have been trying for five years to gain endangered status for the amphibian that is an indicator of clean water.

The giant salamanders spend most of their lives nearly invisible under rocks in streams, which has made it difficult to ...

Helene devastated some of the few remaining healthy populations of an iconic Appalachian species: the eastern hellbender. The ...

HARRISBURG—The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has proposed listing the Eastern hellbender as an Endangered species. A ...

It is our job as stewards of our nation’s natural resources to ensure that this species has a fighting chance to persist in ...

Based on data gathered prior to Helene, the US Fish and Wildlife Service issued ... The very strongholds that were left for hellbenders were exactly the same places that were hit hardest by ...

the Board approved a resolution in support of the Eastern Hellbender’s endangered listing. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is accepting public comments for a 60-day period as a part of that ...

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 ...