hellbender salamander

Environment

National Park Service asks visitors not to stack rocks after hellbender was crushed

Paul Garber

From late summer to early fall, hellbenders lay between 100 to 300 eggs beneath rocks. The park service says moving stones can destroy an entire generation of the amphibians.
Environment

'Reveal' journalist goes into the waters of Appalachia to assess damage to hellbender ecosystems

Paul Garber

Journalist Jackie Flynn Morgensen says what happened to the hellbender salamanders after Helene could give glimpses into how extinctions happen.