Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Crater Lake's famously pure water and a newt that calls the lake home are under threat from the explosion of an invasive crayfish, ...

On rainy winter nights in the Bay Area, California newts (Taricha torosa) begin their slow migration from hillsides and forests to nearby ponds and streams. Drawn out by moisture and cooler ...

You’re probably familiar with the basic amphibian life plan: Start as a wriggly water-breathing tadpole, transform into an adult that breathes air. This is the pattern followed by all our frogs and ...

It is dark and wet on Chileno Valley Road, but through the pitch black of this rainy night, glowing flashlight beams play along the road, illuminating the pavement and whatever may happen to crawl, ...

Sally Gale is a rancher in rural west Marin County, California. In addition to raising beef cattle, she leads a specialized brigade — one that's helped save thousands of amphibians. The amphibians are ...

Bright orange newts were spotted at Pennsylvania’s Flight 93 National Memorial in the middle of their migration. According to a Facebook post on the Somerset County memorial’s page, they are red efts ...

Conservation teams are racing to save the critically endangered Mazama newts in the United States. The Oregon Zoo, in collaboration with the National Park Service and the High Desert Museum, has ...