Great crested newts are nocturnal and are voracious eaters, feeding on worms, slugs, and insects on land, and tadpoles and mollusks in water. They are more terrestrial than most newts, but must ...

Invasive crayfish introduced by the National Park Service 100 years ago are decimating a newt subspecies in the isolated ...

Start as a wriggly, water-breathing tadpole, transform into an adult that breathes air. This is the pattern followed by all our ...

The Center for Biological Diversity notified the Trump administration today that it intends to sue over the U.S. Fish and ...

explained the newts spent most of their time outside of water in dark damp places on the ground, "such as among leaf litter and under logs". "But from March to June they return to the water to ...

A “cute little newt” has found itself in the middle of a fight between a leading environmental organization and the Trump administration. The Center for Biological Diversity on Thursday ...

Crayfish threaten not only the newt, but the lake’s clarity as well. Scientists have found that by preying on the lake’s native plankton-consuming invertebrates, crayfish increase algae growth in the ...