The city of Boone has put a giant mural of the eastern hellbender downtown and its residents often imbibe a local Hazy IPA named after the amphibian ...

(WGHP) — Officials with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission are asking the public to be on the lookout for any hellbender or mudpuppy salamanders. Both types of aquatic salamanders ...

The salamander is known for living among the large, flat river rocks of Western North Carolina — and the broader southern Appalachian region — and can grow up to two feet, making it the ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last 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 ...

The salamander is known for living among the large, flat river rocks of Western North Carolina — and the broader southern Appalachian region — and can grow up to two feet, making it the ...

A deconstruction project in North Carolina is part of a broader trend in removing dams to clean up water and restore habitats, and giant salamanders could reap the benefits.

A Hickory Nut Gorge green salamander rests on a log. JJ Apodaca. When Hurricane Helene hit Valle Crucis in North Carolina, the creek across the Watauga River was already overflowing from 11 inches ...

Hellbender salamanders call Tennessee and 14 other states in the United ... The "healthiest" of eastern hellbender salamander habitats was considered to be in North Carolina and Tennessee, ...