They call them snot otters, devil dogs and Allegheny alligators, all fitting nicknames for the fat brown salamanders lurking under river rocks — slimy giants of the NC mountains. Weighing 4 ...

You never forget your first time seeing a giant salamander, according to Andy Hill. He was a teenager, standing thigh-high in the Watauga River outside Boone, North Carolina, casting a line on an ...

You never forget your first time seeing a giant salamander, according to Andy Hill. He was a teenager, standing thigh-high in the Watauga River outside Boone, North Carolina, casting a line on an ...

Carefully, we lifted it and peered underneath. Against the dark brown soil, two shiny lines caught our attention: salamanders. Both were Eastern red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus), the most ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Eastern Hellbender, a large and slimy salamander lives, in places with clean fresh water. Because of pollution-related concerns, experts said the species has been hard to ...

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The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is asking the public to report sightings of giant salamanders called hellbenders, also known as water dogs or snot otters for their slimy secretions.

He had just returned from a holiday in the Seychelles with his third wife, Carla Bruni, the 57-year-old former supermodel. She was not in court, despite facing charges of her own in connection ...

Sarkozy, 69, was notably suntanned when he took his place in a Paris dock on Monday afternoon, having just returned from a holiday in the Seychelles with his third wife, Carla Bruni, the 57-year ...