The Eastern red-backed salamander has been spotted in Ohio. Learn more about them, endangered status, and Ohio's rarest ...

Hellbenders are real, but we're not talking about those amphibians. Ohio is home to many salamander species, including the red-backed salamander. It was recently found wriggling around at the ...

The spotted salamander is Ohio's state amphibian. This one was discovered in a vernal pond at Indian ... toads — and if you're lucky — the endangered Eastern Hellbender. It's the state's largest ...

The Eastern hellbender, a slimy, mud-colored creature that ranks as Indiana’s and the nation's largest salamander, may be listed federally as an endangered species. Nicknamed the “snot otter,” it ...

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 range of eastern hellbenders includes Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee ... It’s 99% effective ...

The Service finally proposed their protection in December 2024. Every genetically distinct hellbender population needs protection to survive and recover, including Ohio River hellbenders, Tennessee ...