With the recent wet weather and high humidity the forest floor is a glow with Red Efts also known as the Eastern Spotted Newt. When I was growing up in the 1970’s there was a TV show called ...

Eastern newts breed and lay eggs in ponds, their olive-green colored, gill-bearing larvae hatch out and spend at least a few months in the water. After approximately five months, ...

Red efts are the terrestrial stage of the Eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens, one of the many salamanders here in the Northeast. There are many different kinds of salamanders — sirens, giant, ...

Usually, young newts focus on soft-bodied invertebrates like small insects or worms. On the other hand, adults can eat snails and slugs, and occasionally small fish or other tadpoles (yes, even ...

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 ...

In this episode of A Moment in the Wild, Purdue Extension wildlife specialist Nick Burgmeier introduces you to the eastern newt, a salamander that has a unique relationship with both land and water ...

Eastern newt populations in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada are at greatest risk of infection with a new skin-eating fungus, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal ...

Paul Frese, a research technician for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources' wildlife diversity program, said last week's is the only Central newt finding he knows of in Johnson County.

Eastern newts breed and lay eggs in ponds, their olive-green colored, gill-bearing larvae hatch out and spend at least a few months in the water. After approximately five months, ...