However, hellbender populations have declined over the last century due to habitat degradation ... (for rearing in captivity), installation of natural and artificial cover rocks (to provide adequate ...

Each fall, eggs are gathered from rivers and streams in southern Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio and split among the Help the Hellbender lab and zoo partners, to be raised in captivity. At age three or ...

The Service’s decision to deny protection to the hellbender was largely based on unproven, though laudable, population-augmentation efforts such as the use of artificial nest boxes or release of ...

Hellbender populations have declined significantly ... It’s a difficult and labor-intensive process, and much-smaller juvenile hellbenders are especially difficult to spot during these surveys.

Hellbender populations have declined significantly ... It’s a difficult and labor-intensive process, and much-smaller juvenile hellbenders are especially difficult to spot during these surveys.