STEUBENVILLE — It’s not just that it’s the first piece of multi-use trail in Jefferson County, or that it’s the first piece ...

They’ve undergone drastic population declines across their range in the eastern United ... Every genetically distinct hellbender population needs protection to survive and recover, including Ohio ...

The Eastern hellbender, a slimy, mud-colored creature that ranks as Indiana’s and the nation's largest salamander, may be listed federally as an endangered species. Nicknamed the “snot otter,” it ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is inviting public feedback on a proposal to list the eastern hellbender as an ... North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West ...

DESCRIPTION: Hellbenders are considered to be living fossils because they have changed so little over time. They are large, stout-bodied, fully-aquatic salamanders that grow to be two feet long with ...