Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MountainTrue Watauga County Riverkeeper Andy Hill helps rehabilitate and restore eastern hellbender habitats across Watauga County ...
(WGHP) — Officials with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission are asking the public to be on the lookout for any hellbender or mudpuppy salamanders. Both types of aquatic salamanders are ...
YANCEY COUNTY — Just west of Burnsville, along the Cane River, Atley Cannon, 9, wades through the water covering the farm outside of his uncle's house. With a ball cap, camo pants and two BB guns on ...
One morning this week, Ben Dalton, a biologist with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, stood on the rocky shoreline, where he donned a wetsuit and snorkel. “I am about to snorkel for ...
Mudpuppies and hellbenders — two species of “giant salamanders” found in Western North Carolina — shouldn’t be approached. But they should be reported, officials say. That’s because the North Carolina ...
BOONE, N.C. - A little-known marine animal that spends much of its time under rocks is getting a helping hand from conservationists in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The hellbender is a large, aquatic ...
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - In a federal lawsuit filed this week, the Center for Biological Diversity is pushing the government to strengthen protections for a rare native of western North ...
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is asking the public to report hellbender and mudpuppy sightings. Todd Pierson and Lori Williams/NCWRC Mudpuppies and hellbenders — two species of “giant ...