Hellbenders may not be pretty to everyone, but these strictly aquatic salamanders are as interesting as their awesome name implies — and they grow up to 2 feet long and sometimes top 4 pounds, making ...

Since 2006, the Lycoming College Clean Water Institute (CWI) has been studying and working to conserve the Eastern hellbender, a species of giant salamander native to the eastern United States.

One of the main problems facing eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) conservation is that many people mistake this endangered salamander for another common species called a mudpuppy ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) has announced funding awards exceeding $372,000 to ...

Gene Yaw, who sponsored the legislation naming it the state amphibian; Emma Stone, who as a Carlisle high school student led a group to push for that designation for the hellbender, and ...

Kaunert is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Ohio University regarding Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus a ... and reproductive ecology to inform conservation strategies for this iconic Appalachian ...