Legend has it the Eastern hellbenders slithered here straight from hell and But in the age of humans, that evolutionary asset ...

Giant salamanders, belonging to the Cryptobranchidae family, are among the world's largest living amphibians. Native to Japan, China, and the United States, they are fully aquatic creatures. More ...

Washington (CNN)-- The Japanese giant salamander may hold the key to solving an extinction threat in the amphibian community, and researchers at the National Zoo in Washington are hoping a gift of ...

Debris removal following Tropical Storm Helene needs to be done more carefully to not destroy high-priority habitat and ...

Japanese giant salamanders are a rare species with over 23 million years of history. Many Japanese and foreign volunteers have been moved to join Richard's cause.

Paleontologists are uncovering a bonebed containing more than 19 giant amphibian skeletons from the Popo Agie Formation near ...

ABOVE: LAUREN DIAZ W hen Clemson University master’s student Lauren Diaz set out to study the ecology of hellbender salamanders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) in the streams of western North Carolina, ...

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USA, Oita Prefecture--Home to Kyushu’s only natural habitat of the Japanese giant salamander, officials here are offering the public a real-life 3-D look at the elusive amphibian species.