The UK's wild newt populations seem to be free from a flesh-eating lethal fungus known to be prevalent in privately-owned amphibians across Western Europe, a nationwide investigation has found. The UK ...

EASTCOURT, England—The bane of Britain’s great and powerful is a couple of inches long, has warty skin and a bright orange underbelly—and the power to disrupt some of their most heartfelt ambitions.

Plans for a travellers site are under threat because rare newts have set up home on the land allocated. Garrison town Colchester is obliged by law to provide a permanent traveller site and Essex ...

A specially made fence has been put up to help protect a colony of great crested newts in southern Scotland. The wildlife project at Yair Forest near Selkirk was started due to the dangers posed to ...

Amphibian populations in several regions of the world appear to be declining due to infectious diseases. While many studies have attempted to identify the pathogens associated with specific declines, ...