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 ...

Atley Cannon, 9, finds an endangered hellbender salamander in a puddle in front of his uncle's home in Cane River, N.C. on Oct. 2, 2024 after remnants of Hurricane Helene brought record rainfall ...

(WGHP) — Meet the tiger salamander. These large amphibians are poisonous but not a danger to humans as long as you give them their space. However, quite a few smaller critters should be afraid ...

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 ...

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 ...

Holly Springs Salamanders catcher Alexia Jorge is making history as the first woman in the Coastal Plain League. Alexia Jorge, who just finished her senior season playing baseball at Saint ...

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, ...

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.

Atley Cannon, 9, finds an endangered hellbender salamander in a puddle in front of his uncle's home in Cane River, N.C. on Oct. 2, 2024 after remnants of Hurricane Helene brought record rainfall ...