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Swift action may be required to save a newt that lives only at Crater Lake and the lake's famously pure waters.

Newt is cute. Terminally, irretrievably, sickeningly cute. I first suspected this when I heard about the line that the speaker used to invite Melanie Griffith to his office when she came to Capitol ...

As the rainy season begins in Northern California, newts are on the move. Dedicated volunteers in the San Francisco Bay Area are helping the tiny amphibians reach their breeding grounds safely. In the ...

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 ...