JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Researchers at the Gray Fossil Site have discovered the remains of a giant salamander that once called prehistoric Appalachia home. According to a news release from East ...

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 ...

The giant salamander called the hellbender has been put on a list of species that may soon be considered endangered. Now, when fully grown, it takes two hands to just even hold one. The hellbender, ...

Found lurking in Ohio's rivers and streams, this salamander can grow to nearly two feet long. But despite its name and size, this endangered species is harmless. Yes, hellbenders are real. And now the ...