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giant salamander :: Article Creator Anatomy Of An Extinction Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Late in September, as Hurricane Helene struck the Southeast, Wally Smith immediately thought of the salamanders. Of course, he fretted over the safety of his parents, brother, and extended family in the path of the storm in the north Georgia mountains, but he couldn't help but worry about the amphibians in harm's way, too. As a conservation biologist and herpetologist at the University of Virginia's College at Wise, salamanders are his life's work, particularly at-risk species. Most recently, that includes one elusive giant salamander: the Eastern hellbender. The storm threatened to damage the rivers it inhabits. Even if the hellbenders survived, he recalls thinking, was there a place they could go? Serious floods are nothing new for Appalachia. Bu...
