The amphibians are Pacific newts and they're a type of salamander that, herpetologically speaking, is awfully cute. Snout to tail, they're about six inches long, a rich reddish brown on top with a ...

The great crested newt is a protected species, but this means developers often have to go through months of red tape to identify their locations before they can put a shovel in the ground ...

In the winter rainy season, thousands of orange-brown California newts cross Bay Area roads, migrating from burrows to mating ponds. Like banana slugs, newts need moisture to survive — especially ...

Islanders have been asked to become citizen scientists in a bid to help Jersey's newts, frogs and toads. Jersey Biodiversity Centre (JBC) wants people to record wildlife they see in their ponds ...