All great crested newts have a genetic flaw that dooms half of their offspring to die while still in the egg. How they evolved such a disadvantageous trait has long been a mystery, but now we have an ...

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.

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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 ...

One of the great crested newts, which were found in ponds in north Swindon Great crested newts have been discovered in overgrown ponds thought to have been uninhabitable. Experts found a stable, ...

Newts are among vertebrates known to possess remarkable regenerative capacity of tissues, organs or body parts such as limbs, tails and eyes 1. Because of these unparalleled regenerative deeds, newts ...

They may be small, measuring 17cm in length at most, but they have the power to stop bulldozers in their tracks. So much so that environmentalists have now been accused of going as far as 'planting' ...

It takes only about 10 seconds of gazing into its eyes to fall in love with a newt. And as Valentines go, newts have a lot to recommend them. Holding a newt in your hand is among the most intimate ...

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John and Margaret Histed own a beautiful English farmhouse in the heart of rural Wiltshire - to the south west of London. Last summer, during a series of almost Biblical rainstorms, their home was ...