Forestry England says dogs are welcome in the woods, near Swindon, but should be stopped from entering the ponds so the newts ...

Dog walkers are being asked to keep their pets out of ponds in Nightingale Woods to allow protected newts to breed safely.

Multiple trees lay toppled, stunned with roots unearthed, their life blood gone. Some blocked well-trodden paths as if to ...

Islanders have been asked to become citizen scientists in a bid to help Jersey's newts, frogs and toads. Jersey Biodiversity Centre (JBC) wants people to record wildlife they see in their ponds ...

On top of these threats, unusually prolonged droughts caused by climate change dry out the newt’s breeding ponds. The species is declining even on public lands that are protected from development.

In the winter rainy season, thousands of orange-brown California newts cross Bay Area roads, migrating from burrows to mating ponds. Like banana slugs, newts need moisture to survive — especially ...

Each year females lay their eggs in nests made out of plants and leaves. Smooth newts lay their eggs in ponds in the summer. The female newt will carefully wrap each egg in a leaf of pond weed.