Toxic, cannibalistic, and indiscriminately predatory: four species of tiny Taricha, or Pacific newt, carry a deadly poison around the misty forest floors from Alaska to Southern California. Don’t let ...

Scientists found a “slender” creature with a bright orange belly in a mountain lake of Guangdong and discovered a new species, a study said. Getty Images/iStockphoto In a mountain lake of eastern ...

(KRON) — Sonoma County Regional Parks is reminding parkgoers to be cautious of where they walk as small, sensitive newts are on the move this time of year. Park officials took to social media on ...

The red-bellied newt (Taricha rivularis), common along the coast in northern California, migrates from upland areas to breed in streams in the spring. It is one of hundreds of species of salamanders ...

At first glance, skinks and newts have many similarities. However, potential new owners should understand that these are completely different species. They don’t even belong to the same class of ...