PETALUMA, Calif. (KRON) — From mid-November to mid-March, California Newts in Petaluma begin making their way from their terrestrial habitats in the Northern California hills to their aquatic breeding ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Hong Kong Newt once resided in a narrow irrigation channel, believing it would be confined there forever. However, an unexpected flood swept it away, carrying it through a dark passage until it ...

Salamanders get a little help across the road from some two-legged friends in Northern California. A newt eager to get across a road was assisted by members of the Chileno Valley Newt Brigade in Marin ...

In the San Francisco Bay area, some people are really devoted to the well-being of newts. And if you don't know what a newt is, they're a type of salamander, and reporter Callie Rhoades is charmed by ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - The striped newt, one of only two newts endemic to the eastern U.S. may need protection under the Endangered Species Act, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The agency ...

Tetrodotoxin, the neurotoxin that makes a blue-ringed octopus deadly, also protects Taricha newts — but we don’t understand how they produce it, or what purposes it serves for them. A first step to ...

There’s a march underway in the wild spaces of Lacey. Over leaves and around blades of grass, thousands of tiny feet plod with a single-minded purpose. It’s mating season for the rough-skinned newt.