It takes six scientists to catch one hellbender salamander: three to lift the rock, two to hold the fishing nets, and one to dive underwater and grab the creature. Then, holding on is its own ...

A young Eastern Hellbender is now on display for children and families to discover and watch grow at Lake Erie Nature & Science Center. The Eastern Hellbender, Ohio's largest amphibian and North ...

Biologists with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Purdue University recently documented a very young hellbender salamander, a gilled larva, in the Blue River while conducting ...

It's been decades since a young Eastern hellbender has been reported in the state, but researchers say a recent find in southern Indiana could be the first evidence that conservation efforts and a ...

More than 120 juvenile eastern hellbenders were released into a tributary stream in the upper reaches of the Susquehanna River this summer through a groundbreaking program developed by Peter Petokas, ...

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The species has existed for millions of years, but the salamanders are threatened by poor water quality and populations have drastically declined. Hannah Woodburn holds an eastern hellbender ...

Rod Williams (right) and former Purdue undergraduate forestry student Cody Rhoden scan an eastern hellbender before releasing it into a Southern Indiana river. (Purdue Agricultural Communication photo ...

I called the world's foremost expert on the Eastern hellbender salamander, Dr. Peter Petokas, to get the skinny on what is really an amazing critter – if your definition of amazing includes looking ...

As the oncoming crispy, cool days make perfect conditions for fishing in Western North Carolina, state wildlife officials have some reminders: Delayed harvest trout water rules go into effect Oct. 1, ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- To look at the wide, flat, slimy face of a hellbender with its beady eyes and goofy grin, you might not think it's sending us a message. However, the hellbender's absence from a ...