WJHL-TV

Hellbender salamanders call Southwest Va. streams home, activists fight to aid population

(WJHL) – Virginia is home to North America’s largest salamander: the Eastern Hellbender. However, the massive amphibians can only be found in the Southwest region of Virginia, and their local legacy ...
Purdue University

Cummins Day of Caring and Helping the Hellbender

Nicholas G. Burgmeier and Purdue colleagues have worked with Cummins to help the hellbenders keep their home in Indiana’s Blue River. Nicholas G. Burgmeier has been working with the eastern hellbender ...
Fox2Now St. Louis

First zoo-raised Ozark hellbender successfully reproduces in the wild

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – Missouri recently reached an ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

First Ozark hellbender raised in captivity, at the St. Louis Zoo, reproduces in the wild

A male hellbender raised at the St. Louis Zoo has successfully reproduced in Missouri’s Current River, a first and a significant milestone for the species, zoo and Missouri Department of Conservation ...