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. The hellbender, ...

With wrinkly skin that comes in various shades of brown, eastern hellbenders aren’t easy to spot. These giant salamanders, ...

You never forget your first time seeing a giant salamander, according to Andy Hill. He was a teenager, standing thigh-high in the Watauga River outside Boone, North Carolina, casting a line on an ...

CHANCE FOR YOU IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. CHRIS. THANK YOU. PROTECTING A HELLBENDER COULD HELP ESCALATE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA’S RECOVERY FROM HELENE. THE HABITAT OF THIS LARGE SALAMANDER WAS SEVERELY ...

These rare salamanders, which can grow to over two feet long, lurk in the wild rivers of Appalachia. To spot one, you’ll need a snorkel, and some luck. Kevin Merrill leads snorkeling tours of the ...