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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 ...

A deadly love story is taking place right now at Yosemite National Park. Its newt migration season and the slow-moving amphibians are trying to make it to their breeding grounds. There is just one ...

A Glen Ellen volunteer dedicates his time to saving “soulful” amphibians from vehicular carnage. On a ribbon of road in West Marin, on wet winter nights when darkness comes early, a herd of determined ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Mazama newt used to be head honcho at Crater Lake. Found only in the lake's cold waters, this brightly-colored semiaquatic species used to be one of the top predators in its ...

The UC Berkeley Botanical Garden began a “Save Our Newts” campaign to raise money to fix cracks in its Japanese garden pool so the pool does not collapse. The campaign aims to raise $150,000 to fix ...

California newts are endemic to California. They live through the coast and coast range mountains from Mendocino County to San Diego County. [Related: Poisonous animals probably took their sweet time ...

I studied the life history of Striped Newts (Notophthalmus perstriatus) at a breeding pond in north-central Florida. Newts were captured in pitfall traps at a drift-fence as they migrated into and out ...

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