An evolutionary "trap" has haunted crested and marbled newts for 25 million years: Leiden researchers have uncovered a mysterious DNA error that should not be able to arise—yet persists all the same.

Midwife toads and palmate newts are run over and their habitats are fragmented by roads in the Trubia valley (Asturias). According to a Spanish study, alleviating traffic is not enough to minimize the ...

Experiments reported here were carried out to investigate the use of acoustic cues by palmate newts (Lissotriton helveticus) for orientation and to study whether this behavior is learned, or whether ...

Numbers of great crested newts have declined rapidly in recent decades Nature lovers in the Borders are hoping to protect rare newt numbers by luring them to restored ancient wetlands. Over the space ...