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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 ...

Could the eastern hellbender salamander become the newest endangered species in Tennessee? It's possible. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering adding the eastern hellbender salamander ...

"Salamanders are big, and they're cool," Sena Ishikawa, a master's student studying salamanders at Kyoto University, told the ...

“The eastern hellbender is a unique salamander that plays a crucial role ... streams and rivers of the eastern and central U.S. Cool, clear water is crucial to the species, according to the ...

It requires very specific habitat conditions — cool and moist montane forests above 2,600 feet, with an understory including talus or rocky debris. While the salamander has always been restricted to ...