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Salamanders

For Alabama’s Spotted Salamanders, a Win and a Warning

A grassroots effort successfully pushed back on a development in Homewood that would have destroyed a critical salamander habitat. Still, amphibians face constant risks.

By Lee Hedgepeth

Ruby Banta (center) and friends Nova Russell (left) and Colette Duvall (right) held a yard sale to benefit the spotted salamander via a local nonprofit, Friends of Shades Creek. Credit: Courtesy of the Banta family
Spotted salamanders have long fallen victim to unbridled residential and commercial development that has threatened or destroyed their habitats. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

In Alabama, a Fight for the Spotted Salamander

By Lee Hedgepeth

Eastern Hellbenders are cold and slick to the touch, but are also very muscular.

In North Carolina, Eastern Hellbenders Are a Species of Concern, Threatened by the Vagaries of Climate Change

Story and photos by Lisa Sorg

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