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 ...

WHEN THE WINTER rains come, some of us head indoors, preferring not to venture out on muddy trails. But there are other creatures who feel and smell the first rains of autumn and do just the opposi… ...

Garter snakes out-evolve food prey - newts. WEST COAST 2 species battling for ages - study finds a few spots where one clearly victor. By David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor March 11, 2008.

Mark Buktenica, who’s worked as Crater Lake National Park’s aquatic biologist for 30 years, remembers times not so long ago when Mazama Newts, a species found only at Crater Lake, were common ...

Food chain. As a YouTube video shows, in a scene reminiscent of a horror movie, crayfish are voracious, efficient killers that eat newts. To survive, newt behavior is changing, sometimes resulting ...