🎃 News on Kentucky’s “River Monsters”! 👻 Good news this Halloween week for one of Kentucky’s creepiest—and coolest—critters: the Eastern Hellbender. These slimy salamanders might look spooky, but they’re a vital part of our river ecosystems. And thanks to ongoing conservation work by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife, things are looking up. Our biologists have been collecting hellbender eggs from wild streams and hatching them in captivity, where survival rates are much higher. The