The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering adding the eastern hellbender salamander to its list of endangered species protected under the Endangered Species Act. The proposal to do so was ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) proposed protections for eastern hellbender salamanders under the Endangered Species Act. This proposal would extend safety to hellbenders ...

Aquatic biologists from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and a small crew of volunteers waded into Dunkard Creek in ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed adding the salamander mussel, considered a silent sentinel of the health of rivers and streams in Michigan and elsewhere around the country, to the ...

Together, the Land Trust of County, its partners and members have protected 269 acres of salamander habitat,” writes Sarah Newkirk in a Guest Commentary. “We named ...

Editor's Note: This article has been updated to clarify the process of federal projects within designated critical habitat areas. A tiny freshwater mussel that starts its life attached to salamanders ...

New freshwater mussels, which filter water and stabilize stream banks, are being added to Pennsylvania waterways as part of a 10-year partnership project. This year, Pennsylvania received 96 ...

Just a short hike into a 200-acre woodland in Manhasset lie a series of shallow basins in the forest floor left behind by retreating glaciers. After a dry August, the basins are empty, but in spring ...