Saving America’s Largest Salamander – The Hellbender

Indiana is home to America’s largest salamander, called the Hellbender.  It is only found in one Indiana  river- the Blue River in Harrison County.  Come and learn about this amazing aquatic animal, what makes it special and what you can do to keep its habitat clean.  This hands-on program will covers its adaptations, how water pollution affects it and how amphibians have changed over geological time using a life-size model of Ichthyostega, the oldest amphibian in the fossil record.