Contact: Katherine Greenwald
Greenwald.35@osu.edu
614-578-3207
Ohio State University
Caption: Ohio State doctoral student Katherine Greenwald, seen here with the hellbender salamander, is studying how human disturbance to the environment affect different types of salamanders. Hellbenders are the third largest aquatic salamander in the world, weighing 3 to 5 pounds on average.
Credit: The Ohio State University
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