The Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) is a common species of mole salamander. Photo credit: T. Travis Brown. I have been asked some variation of this question multiple times over the past ...

The species’ range runs from central New York west to Illinois and south to northeastern Alabama. An isolated subspecies, he Ozark hellbender, is found in Arkansas and Missouri.

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 ...

A hellbender salamander peeps its head out from under a rock. After years of campaigning, federal protections for this animal are closer than ever. Tierra Curry/Center for Biological Diversity ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to list the eastern hellbender salamander as an endangered species throughout its range under the Endangered ...

One of the main problems facing eastern hellbender conservation is that many people mistake this endangered salamander for another common species called a mudpuppy. Conservationists and researchers ...

Hellbender salamanders may look scary, but the real fright is extinction. These giant amphibians have more to fear from us than we do them. By Helen Bradshaw. Published Oct 30, ...

So they are nasty looking, and big. The hellbender is the largest salamander species in North American, with males capable of growing up to 29 inches long. ...

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 ...

The hellbender was thought to have been completely eliminated from Alabama's waterways and has experienced a steep decline in population along the east coast from New York to Georgia since the 60s ...