Found lurking in Ohio's rivers and streams, this salamander can grow to nearly two feet long. But despite its name and size, this endangered species is harmless. Yes, hellbenders are real. And now the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (WKBN) — Over 100 endangered giant salamanders were released into protected Ohio waterways this year as part of conservation ...

More than 100 rare and endangered giant salamanders called hellbenders were released in Ohio this summer. Since eastern hellbenders, which can grow up to 2 feet, breathe entirely through their skin, ...

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 a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Eastern hellbenders could soon receive federal protection, according to a proposal that was made by the ...

The story of Grant Township’s fight to keep a proposed fracking waste injection well out of their community has been well documented in the local and national press. To keep the PGE project at bay, ...

The Hellbender salamander is North America’s largest salamander. It is fully aquatic, living its entire life in rivers and streams throughout the midwest and southeast. Hellbenders require cool, clean ...

A new University of Kentucky study used environmental DNA (eDNA) to search 90 sites across 73 rivers for Eastern hellbenders—large, secretive salamanders nicknamed "snot otters" and "lasagna lizards" ...

LEWIS COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — More hellbenders have been let loose in Middle Tennessee. In what’s become an annual tradition, the Nashville Zoo and their partners, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources ...