The Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) holds the distinguished title of being the world’s largest amphibian.

It has these huge fangs, the whole front of the mouth is just giant teeth," says Jason Pardo, an NSF postdoctoral fellow at the Field Museum in Chicago and the co-lead author of the study.

The species was in trouble even before the hurricane hit. Based on data gathered prior to Helene, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a Dec. 13, 2024, proposal to list the giant salamander as an ...

Previous studies had hinted at the Chinese giant salamander’s underlying diversity. In the second report out today, Cunningham and an overlapping group of researchers genetically analyzed more than ...

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is asking the public to report sightings of giant salamanders called hellbenders, also known as water dogs or snot otters for their slimy secretions.

Japanese giant salamanders are a rare species with over 23 million years of history. Many Japanese and foreign volunteers have been moved to join Richard's cause.

These giant salamanders, which average 20 inches in length, spend most of their lives nearly invisible under rocks on the bottom of cool, fast-flowing streams. In a two-year research project ...

ABOVE: LAUREN DIAZ W hen Clemson University master’s student Lauren Diaz set out to study the ecology of hellbender salamanders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) in the streams of western North Carolina, ...

The eastern hellbender is one of only three giant salamanders on the planet,” said District 3 Commissioner Parker Sloan ...

“Protecting these giant salamanders will give umbrella safeguards to thousands of other species that rely on clean rivers.” In 2010 the Center and allies petitioned the Service seeking protection for ...