They're tiny and, as salamanders go, cute. But by 2012 striped newts had almost disappeared from their historical habitat in the Apalachicola National Forest in Florida's Panhandle. So that same year ...

Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (Midpen) was awarded a $2.1 million state grant last month for the Alma Bridge Road Newt Passage Project, aimed at protecting the health of local newt ...

Scientists found some “crocodile”-like creatures breeding in a rice field of Hunan Province and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from You-Xiang Zhang via Huang, Xiang, Wu, Zhang, Zhang, ...

Holding a newt is one of the most sought-after wildlife encounters among the North Bay’s elementary school set. Each year, thousands of school kids eagerly await their field trip to one of our ...

As the first drops of rain hit the leaves, brown and orange newts emerge from their shelters and head down into the misty storm. California newts and rough-skinned newts are local to the East Bay and ...

It may be time to crown male newts as the female-arousing kings — the amphibians release powerful pheromones that put females in the mood to mate with practically any adult around, even other females ...