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 ...
Ohio State doctoral student Katherine Greenwald, seen here with the hellbender salamander, is studying how human disturbance to the environment affect different types of salamanders. Hellbenders ...
Their story may be an omen for the future of the rare southern Appalachian species. Colloquially known as "mud puppies," "snot otters," and "devil dogs," the rare eastern hellbender is just one of ...