Experts estimate around 95% of the eastern hellbender habitats no longer exist. The salamanders can be found in parts of the Susquehanna River.

“The eastern hellbender is one of only three giant salamanders on the planet,” said District 3 Commissioner Parker Sloan during the meeting. “They’re down to about 59%, so we’ve lost ...

Eastern hellbender salamanders, native to Eastern Tennessee, could soon be listed as endangered. Here's why.

FILE - Hannah Woodburn holds an eastern hellbender salamander near its cage, where it will stay for 48 to 60 hours after relocation, on the Watauga River near Boone, N.C., June 26, 2024 ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing listing the eastern hellbender, which is Pennsylvania's official state amphibian, as endangered. Only about 59% of the ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday announced its plan to add the eastern hellbender salamander to the nation’s list of endangered species in a victory for environmental groups that worked ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Eastern Hellbender, a large and slimy salamander lives, in places with clean fresh water. Because of pollution-related concerns, experts said the species has been hard to ...

A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: The giant salamander called the hellbender has been put on a list of species that may soon be considered endangered. Now, when fully grown, it takes two hands to just even hold one.

These salamanders could be Tennessee's newest endangered species. And Helene is to blame Allison Kiehl, Knoxville News Sentinel Updated Tue, January 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM UTC 2 min read ...

The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned and won protection for the Ozark subspecies of hellbenders in 2011 and for Missouri hellbenders, another population of eastern hellbender, in 2021.

FILE - Hannah Woodburn holds an eastern hellbender salamander near its cage, where it will stay for 48 to 60 hours after relocation, on the Watauga River near Boone, N.C., June 26, 2024.