Hellbenders were severely impacted by the storm, leading U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to propose federal endangered species status for this iconic salamander. Hellbenders are already listed as ...

Ann Somers, senior lecturer emerita in the biology department at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, emphasized that ...

Before the hurricane, the salamanders at this site were hanging ... another western North Carolina species. In November, Whitmer and a colleague, bog turtle technician Rosie Ronca, let me tag ...

The game-worn Snot Otters jerseys will be auctioned off prior to the game with proceeds going toward the Western North ...

leading U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to propose federal endangered species status for this iconic salamander. Hellbenders are already listed as endangered in North Carolina. Whatever rare ...

Jb Minter, DVM, MS, DACZM, discusses the unique physical characteristics of amphibians that impact their response to ...

The Asheville Tourists will have a new, snotty identity for one day only. On June 6, the Tourists will undergo a name change to play as the Asheville Snot Otters, a nod to the rare eastern ...

First off, the "Snot Otter" is a nickname for a "Hellbender" salamander ... or have gone locally extinct. In North Carolina, hellbenders are a "species of special concern" (a legal designation ...

South Carolina is home to 43 federally threatened or endangered species, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service. That list includes migratory birds, flowers, amphibians, reptiles and mammals. “ ...