Study Reveals Reason Hellbenders Are Disappearing
The gigantic, slimy salamanders known as hellbenders, are disappearing. No one knew why.
William Hopkins, professor in the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation and director of the Global Change Center at Virginia Tech, suspected the hellbenders’ plight had connections with environmental changes engineered by humans.
A study published July 1 in The American Naturalist, determined that in deforested areas, hellbender fathers are far more likely to eat their entire brood than in areas that still have lush foliage.
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