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Palmate newts, thumb-size amphibians found across Western Europe, have developed a remarkable survival strategy. Some adults never fully metamorphose. Instead, they retain their gills, remain ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Scientists have found that female toxic newts are far more deadly and ...

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 ...

More than 48,000 deer, thousands of Pacific newts, close to 100 mountain lions and many thousands of other animals are killed each year by vehicles on California roads, according to the 2024 “roadkill ...

Why Some Newts Are Far More Toxic Than They Look ...

Newts have genomes 10 times larger than those of humans, making it nearly impossible to sequence their entire DNA. To gain insight nonetheless, teams in Poland and Serbia bred different newt species.

The Chileno Valley Newt Brigade is a group composed of volunteers with the goal of protecting newts as they cross a busy road that divides their mating grounds from their grassy homes. Brigades of ...

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 ...