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 ...
For millions of years, giant salamanders have lurked in rivers and streams, quietly thriving as one of the planet’s oldest amphibians. But now, they’re vanishing—and not in a slow ...
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, ...
BOONE — Slithering in the rocky streams and rivers of the eastern United States is a rare species of giant salamanders known as hellbenders. Dr. Michael Gangloff, professor in Appalachian State ...
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is asking the public to report sightings of giant salamanders called hellbenders, also known as water dogs or snot otters for their slimy secretions.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering adding the eastern hellbender salamander to its list of endangered species protected under the Endangered Species Act. The proposal to do so was ...
Over the last decade, the giant salamander’s population has dropped an estimated 80%, a drop-off that doesn’t factor in the devastation dealt by Hurricane Helene. Already at risk from ...
The R-rated comedy One of Them Days opened to number during a quiet weekend at the movie theatres while Wolf Man opened in a disappointing third place. The damage of the Los Angeles wildfires has ...
Cast a Giant Shadow exemplifies the problems in contemporary film biography, particularly when the subject is less well known than the events which brought him honor.