The most vividly colored salamander to inhabit the northeast, the Northern red is a good indicator of a clean environment. “You’ll find them where you find wild brook trout,” Koval said.

These rare salamanders, which can grow to over two feet long, lurk in the wild rivers of Appalachia. To spot one, you’ll need a snorkel, and some luck. A hellbender following the current of the French ...

And yet despite the eastern hellbender’s appearance, the salamander has its fans. With only 20,000 residents, the town of Boone, North Carolina, has embraced the eastern hellbender.

The researchers captured, tagged, and relocated these salamanders to a different part of the Watauga River in North Carolina while U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologists and engineers carefully ...

Colloquially known as "mud puppies," "snot otters," and "devil dogs," the rare eastern hellbender is just one of three giant salamander species in the world. The salamander is known for living ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that it would consider protecting the Hickory Nut Gorge green salamander under the Endangered Species Act. The agency now has 12 ...