An adult eastern newt that commonly inhabits ponds and wetlands in the eastern U.S. The research team will investigate various questions such as how temperature affects their susceptibility and ...

Such flexibility means that eastern newts are great at colonizing new areas and adapting to changing habitat conditions. “Eastern newts are really cool in their life history in that they can ...

Red-spotted newt, or eastern newt, found outside native habitat for first time south of Everson, Wash. Amphibian experts are monitoring population, native ecology.

Enter the eastern newt, an amphibian with three different forms, whose ability to transform its body and its lifestyle makes its peers look like amateurs.

Here is some information about the Eastern or red-spotted newt. (Note that I use the term Eastern "or" red-spotted because the species is knows as both the Eastern and red-spotted newt, and in one ...

Using existing data from controlled experiments and computer simulations, researchers have found that host contact rates and habitat structure affect transmission rates of Bsal among eastern newts ...

By reducing host density in newts or humans, contact rates, and therefore transmission, are reduced. Habitat structure also reduced contact rates of newts, so transmission is curtailed in more ...

Hellbenders are North America’s largest salamanders, living in rivers and growing to an incredible length of over two feet. Eastern newts are tiny and terrestrial, but both are susceptible to a ...

Seven ponds are to be created or restored across Suffolk to provide new habitat and extra protection for one of the country’s rarest wildlife… ...