Amphibians need different habitats for different stages of their life cycle – sometimes wetlands, sometimes drier uplands.

The red eft, the second stage of the Eastern spotted newt’s life cycle, is the most commonly seen salamander in the region ...

The newts play a role in keeping the lake clear and clean by eating plankton. Without them, algae growth would increase and threaten that clarity. “Amphibians act as canaries in the coal mine ...

We hope to serve as a model for other communities to protect and preserve their migrating amphibians.” A photo of a newt on top of a person’s hand was pasted underneath. Sally Gale ...

Newt patrol braves dark, wet nights to shepherd adult and juvenile newts and other amphibians and reptiles, across rural Chileno Valley Road in northern Marin County. Members hope eventually that ...

Those cuts will make it harder to protect the newt, which is currently threatened by invasive crayfish that prey on the little amphibian, the Center for Biological Diversity said. “Crater Lake ...

It has been a long, wet, raw month of May and my outdoor time has been curtailed by rotten weather on the weekends. So, it ...

Councillors have sought to pay homage to an area’s amphibian population in it’s street name suggestion for a new development.

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 ...

They also have "rough" skin. Researchers later confirmed that the newly discovered critters are a new species of "crocodile newt," an amphibian named for their resemblance to crocodiles.

But soon, it might have an official amphibian, thanks to a fourth-grade ... Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) asked why not choose the red-spotted newt — also called an eastern newt — instead.