But until then, Sally Gale says, the Chileno Valley Newt Brigade will remain on patrol every night escorting newts, frogs, toads and turtles safely across the road. amphibians conservation programs ...

O'NEILL: On this night, baby newts that just a while ago were legless tadpoles with gills and fins leave the lake and head to the hills. They'll spend the next five years in the moist forest ...

A baby newt in northern California, 2024. Starting in late fall each year, ... “The eggs develop the little tadpoles and the little efts or baby newts, ...

Starting in late fall, baby newts, that morphed from legless tadpoles with gills and fins, leave the lake and head to the hills. They'll spend the next five years in the moist forest maturing ...

In northern California, a group of volunteers spend every night from late fall through winter as crossing guards–escorting migrating salamanders across a rural road.

But they're very slow movers and for this otherwise healthy population of newts about 50 miles north of San Francisco, that spells trouble. A baby newt in northern California, 2024.

A baby newt in northern California, ... "The eggs develop the little tadpoles and the little efts or baby newts, hang out in the marshes until the rainy season when they head up toward the hills." ...

In northern California, a group of volunteers spend every night from late fall through winter as crossing guards–escorting migrating salamanders across a rural road.