STEUBENVILLE — It’s not just that it’s the first piece of multi-use trail in Jefferson County, or that it’s the first piece ...

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.

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

Now many of the streams where hellbenders once lived are too polluted to support them. They’ve undergone drastic population declines across their range in the eastern United States and face a long ...

The Eastern hellbender, a slimy, mud-colored creature that ranks as Indiana’s and the nation's largest salamander, may be listed federally as an endangered species. Nicknamed the “snot otter,” it ...

In 2021, hellbenders from the Missouri River received protection while wide-range protections were denied. The USFWS and allies then challenged the denial and a court ordered the service to redo ...

Research has suggested that once abundant hellbenders, which eat crayfish and live under rocks in cool, clear streams and rivers, have experienced sharp declines across their range. We suspect that ...

Heavy machinery is crushing mussel beds and the homes of the last remaining hellbender salamanders, which are endangered in North Carolina and were already severely impacted by Helene. The cleanup ...

Heavy machinery used in the cleanup is crushing mussel beds and disrupting hellbender habitats in rivers like the Little River. Lack of coordination between federal contractors and state/local ...