The waning days of fall and the arrival of winter in the Southeast bring with them colder, and decidedly wetter, weather. This dour season may dampen the spirits of the region’s human residents, but ...

It’s a crisp January morning in Chattanooga. Birds rustle and chirp as they flit through tall grasses and short, scrubby trees. The Tennessee River flows placidly between sharp hills next to the ...

Thanks to its warm, humid climate and geological stability, the rippled hills of Southern Appalachia have long been a haven for salamanders. Eighty percent of North America’s salamander species live ...

COLUMBUS (WCMH) — The recent reintroduction of the Eastern hellbender salamander-the largest in North America-into Ohio waterways is part of a cooperative project, led by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium ...

Aquarist Leslie Vegas removed the top of the tank and extracted slabs of rock trying to reach the ugly and slimy but shy salamander at the bottom. The mottled brown, flat-headed creature attempted to ...

MANTEO, N.C. – The N.C. Aquarium on Roanoke Island is adding a Hellbender salamander to its list of fascinating creatures. According to aquarium officials, this new hellbender comes to the N.C.

Ohio's Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and The Wilds released 116 giant salamanders, called hellbenders, into the state's waterways over the summer The salamanders, listed as vulnerable by IUCN, are part of ...

In addition to dangerous weather patterns and rising sea levels, researchers have discovered another consequence of climate change - chubby salamanders. A recent study conducted by researchers from ...