However, hellbender populations have declined over the last century ... installation of natural and artificial cover rocks (to provide adequate shelter for juvenile hellbenders after release), and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The Service’s decision to deny protection to the hellbender was in large part based on population augmentation efforts such as the use of artificial nest boxes or release of juvenile hellbenders ...