Captina Conservancy announced the death of the oldest hellbender, Marvin. Marvin was born sometime before 1980 and was ...

BARNESVILLE, Ohio (WTRF) — Captina Conservancy has announced the death of Ohio’s oldest hellbender, Marvin. Marvin was born ...

Captina Conservancy reports the death of Marvin, a beloved hellbender salamander, on June 12. At more than 45 years old, ...

The most recently designated state symbol is Pennsylvania’s Official state amphibian. No, it’s not a frog or toad, it’s a ...

The city of Boone has put a giant mural of the eastern hellbender downtown and its residents often imbibe a local Hazy IPA ...

A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: The giant salamander called the hellbender has been put on a list of species that may soon be considered endangered. Now, when fully grown, it takes two hands to just even hold one.

The hellbender has a large, collaborative community of supporters and researchers behind it, with new research and conservation techniques being developed all the time.

ASHEVILLE - The eastern hellbender, known for living among North America's rivers and streams, has long been considered an at-risk species, after the wrath of Tropical Storm Helene swept across ...

An Eastern Hellbender crawling on the creek bottom foraging for crayfish. This strange yet interesting creature is found in 15 states across the U.S.

Hellbenders are known among locals across Appalachia as “mud devils,” “snot otters,” or “grampus.” Gary Peeples/USFWS. At a certain point, it won’t take much to knock out the hellbender.

(A hellbender, by the way, is a large North American salamander named for its diabolical looks.) But with Ms. Herrera’s adept, soulful cooking, Hellbender makes it seem like a natural evolution.