"It's one of those things where all newts are salamanders, but all salamanders aren't newts," Nick Burgmeier, a research ...

Sometimes smooth, sometimes slippery, but always unique. Introducing one of the most interesting salamander relatives: newts. Newts are found in Europe, Asia, and North America. This lizard-frog ...

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 ...

Great Smoky Mountains — They may not be the first animals you think of in the Great Smoky Mountains, but scientists say the national park is the salamander capital of the world. "We have about 30 ...

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On a ribbon of road in West Marin, on wet winter nights when darkness comes early, a herd of determined amphibians gather together to cross to the breeding lake from which they once came. Laguna Lake ...

LOS GATOS — More than 2,695 California newts have lost their lives this winter along a six-mile stretch of a rural road, their small colorful bodies flattened like discarded banana peels. Anne Parsons ...

Q. Salamanders come in many colors and are widespread, yet they seem to be one of the least-appreciated groups of animals. Most of my friends have never even seen one. What interesting facts could I ...

can’t tell you where I interviewed Max Lambert, but I can tell you what we saw. It wasn’t pretty. Lambert is a research scientist with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. He has been ...