Wildlife biologists get picture of rare giant salamander in Kentucky River. It's the picture that has wildlife biologists buzzing. A rarely seen giant salamander, called the Eastern Hellbender, is ...

KENTUCKY (WDKY) — Biologists surveying an eastern Kentucky stream captured a glimpse of a rarely seen giant salamander whose numbers are declining. The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife ...

116 endangered and rare giant salamanders known as eastern hellbenders were released into Ohio waterways over the summer, wildlife experts said. Grahm S. Jones Columbus Zoo and Aquarium Wildlife ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and The Wilds released more than 100 rare and endangered giant salamanders this summer into protected waterways in eastern Ohio. According to a release ...

A giant salamander - one the biggest ever known to prowl the forests of ancient Appalachia - is offering new insight into the region's remarkable amphibian diversity. Thanks to a fossil unearthed near ...