Purdue leads efforts to restore hellbender populations in Indiana through habitat restoration, farmer partnerships, and captive rearing, releasing hundreds into the Blue River to improve water quality and biodiversity.
The eastern hellbender salamander will never win a wildlife beauty pageant. It’s believed that it got its name from settlers who said it...
The Help the Hellbender research program, based in Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources, was honored with the National Association of Conservation...
The eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) is a large, fully aquatic salamander whose nicknames include snot otter, water...
Dr. Rod Williams, extension wildlife specialist Nick Burgmeier and the Help the Hellbender team were honored for their collaboration with partners,...
Biologists with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Purdue University recently documented a very young hellbender salamander, a...
Dr. Rod Williams and the Help the Hellbender research team have earned three honors in 2023 for their work in conserving and advancing research and...