They call them snot otters, devil dogs and Allegheny alligators, all fitting nicknames for the fat brown salamanders lurking under river rocks — slimy giants of the NC mountains. Weighing 4 ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) proposed protections for eastern hellbender salamanders under the Endangered Species Act. This proposal would extend safety to ...

You never forget your first time seeing a giant salamander, according to Andy Hill. He was a teenager, standing thigh-high in the Watauga River outside Boone, North Carolina, casting a line on an ...

Saber Interactive has detailed its 2025 roadmap for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. Since it was released in September 2024, 5 million players have dived into Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 ...

Within a typical forest in the eastern United States, salamanders are everywhere. On an acre of forest, thousands of salamanders may be foraging among the leaf litter, under logs, and in creeks ...

The various Ensatina salamanders of the Pacific coast all descended from a common ancestral population. As the species spread southward from Oregon and Washington, subpopulations adapted to their ...

Hellbenders may not be pretty to everyone, but these strictly aquatic salamanders are as interesting as their awesome name implies — and they grow up to 2 feet long and sometimes top 4 pounds, making ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Hannah Woodburn holds an eastern hellbender salamander near its cage, where it will stay for 48 to 60 hours ...

Carefully, we lifted it and peered underneath. Against the dark brown soil, two shiny lines caught our attention: salamanders. Both were Eastern red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus), the most ...

A giant salamander that evolved on the supercontinent Pangaea and outlived the dinosaurs has been proposed for federal protection by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The eastern hellbender would be ...