One well-documented example of an arms race adaptation is the potent poison in the skin of the newt Taricha granulosa, which is food for the garter snake. Over time, some genetic variants of the ...

After writing the headline, I decided to Google "poisonous Newt Gingrich". This led me to a commentary by British broadcaster Martin Bashir, who's best known for his devastating documentary about ...

The great crested newt lives only in Europe. Females, which are larger than males, can reach 7 inches in length, making these stout-bodied amphibians the continent’s largest newts. The great ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity today sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for denying Endangered Species Act protection for the striped newt in 2018. The rare newt lives in Florida ...