A trained detection dog was highly accurate at finding great crested newts underground or at a distance, which might aid conservation efforts for this highly-endangered species, according to a study ...

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EASTCOURT, England—The bane of Britain’s great and powerful is a couple of inches long, has warty skin and a bright orange underbelly—and the power to disrupt some of their most heartfelt ambitions.

Great crested newts are threatened amphibians that live in lowland areas of England, but their underground lifestyle makes them tricky to find. Scientists have now trained a dog to sniff out the ...

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 ...

In the Fens of eastern England, a species unobserved for 86 years has just been rediscovered. Joran Quinten via Unsplash Henry Stanier was on the hunt for newts. As the Great Fen Monitoring and ...

Dr. Egon Heiss from Jena University with an Italian crested newt (Triturus carnifex), whose chewing behavior was examined. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...