Rare hellbender salamander in Western NC faces calamity from Helene's floods
The salamander is known for living among the large, flat river rocks of Western North Carolina — and the broader southern ...
来自MSN1 个月
Hell-bent on giving hellbenders, NC’s largest salamanders, endangered species protection
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 ...
USA Today26 天
These salamanders could be Tennessee's newest endangered species. And Helene is to blame
The "healthiest" of eastern hellbender salamander habitats was considered to be in North Carolina and Tennessee, the area ...
Center for Biological Diversity1 年
North Carolina Salamander Moves Toward Endangered Species Safeguards
N.C. “These salamanders are clinging to survival, and this decision is a good first step toward protecting an important part of North Carolina’s natural heritage,” said Will Harlan, a senior scientist ...
The Indianapolis Star18 天
How listing hellbenders as endangered species could restore rivers | Word from the Smokies
13, 2024, proposal to list the giant salamander as an endangered species. “The best populations across the species’ entire 15 ...
The Indianapolis Star26 天
These salamanders could be Tennessee's newest endangered species. And Helene is to blame
The "healthiest" of eastern hellbender salamander habitats was considered to be in North Carolina and Tennessee, the area devastated by Helene. The Endangered Species Act prohibits the “take ...