The Farmers Helping Hellbenders program is accepting applications for the second round of its Indiana Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) project.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They sound like creatures someone made up: 2 feet long, covered in slime, and elusive despite their size. But no, hellbenders are ...

I recently heard Bill Hopkins, professor of fish and wildlife conservation at Virginia Tech University, give a talk about hellbenders, giant salamanders that can reach a length of more than 2 feet.

A bill given final passage on the final day of the 2026 General Assembly names new officials animals of Kentucky. Here's what ...

More than 100 rare and endangered giant salamanders called hellbenders were released in Ohio this summer. Since eastern hellbenders, which can grow up to 2 feet, breathe entirely through their skin, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eastern hellbenders live under freshwater river rocks. Although hellbenders can grow up to two feet long, the amphibians are ...

(WKBN) — Over 100 endangered giant salamanders were released into protected Ohio waterways this year as part of conservation efforts. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and The Wilds released a total of ...

Aaron Dodds, project manager at the Jefferson County Soil and Water Conservation District, at the new Hellbender Preserve in Bloomingdale, Ohio. A new nature preserve opened this year in a wooded ...

Conservationists scooped 17 wriggling hellbenders out of their tanks in Tennessee and took them on a journey to release the largest salamanders in North America back into the wild. The hellbenders, ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- To look at the wide, flat, slimy face of a hellbender with its beady eyes and goofy grin, you might not think it's sending us a message. However, the hellbender's absence from a ...

Some animals appear so bizarre it is hard to believe they are real. Narwhals, the toothed Arctic whale seems more magical than factual. Pangolins, with their armored plates seem like they evolved from ...