Sometimes smooth, sometimes slippery, but always unique. Introducing one of the most interesting salamander relatives: newts.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Enter the eastern newt, an amphibian with three different forms, whose ability to transform its body and its lifestyle makes its peers look like amateurs. All eastern newts begin life as jelly ...

The Chileno Valley Newt Brigade, a group of 70-odd volunteers who work for three or four months each year to help migrating newts and other amphibians survive their crossing of the rural road ...

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 ...

A TAHOE CITY MAN IS PLEADING GUILTY FOR SMUGGLING AMPHIBIANS INTO THE UNITED STATES. 47 YEAR OLD ANDREW LAUGHLIN IS PLEADING GUILTY TO SMUGGLING NEWTS AND RARE TURTLES INTO THE U.S., AGENTS SAY ...

Great crested newts are holding up a planned Norfolk school extension, even though none of the amphibians have actually been ...