December 20, 2024 | 3:37 PM
Endangered status proposed for eastern hellbender
The eastern hellbender’s population has been shrinking, due to stream sedimentation, poor water quality, disease, and habitat loss.
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September 11, 2023 | 6:00 AM
State amphibian may get another shot at federal protections
Forty percent of known hellbender populations have died out and more are shrinking.
April 23, 2019 | 7:43 PM
Snot otter? Lasagna lizard? By any name, it’s Pa.’s official amphibian
April 23, 2019 | 7:05 PM
Snot otter? Lasagna lizard? By any name, it’s Pa.’s official amphibian
Though they agree on a salamander, lawmakers are divided on the governor's pitch to clean up its streams.
