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News and coverage of Hellbender at zoos and aquariums.

An eastern hellbender, a large mottled gray salamander with a broad flat head and small eyes, rests on a submerged log.

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Louisville Zoo Takes On Kentucky’s Hellbenders

There are fifteen young eastern hellbenders growing up in a lab at the ...

A hellbender salamander on river rock being released

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12,000 Hellbenders Back in Missouri Rivers

Over the past 15 years, the Saint Louis Zoo and its partners have ...

A person in waders standing in a forest creek holds a small eastern hellbender salamander curled in one cupped hand.

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Chattanooga Zoo Returns 64 Hellbenders to the Wild

On May 4 and 5, 2026, staff from Chattanooga Zoo, the U.S. Forest ...