“In some areas, they blanketed the road,” says a volunteer newt-rescue organizer.
Tag: newts
Biodiversity
In a Changing World, a Biologist Documents the Newt Normal
Droughts, wildfires, and heat waves are putting unprecedented strain on newts. With help, scientists hope, they may be able to persevere.
Bay Nature
Bay Nature’s Most-Loved Stories in 2022
Stories about abalone, bobcats, underground rivers, newts, two-headed worms, out-of-place birds, acorns, shrews, moles, shrew-moles, and clams with a purpose.
Urban Nature
The Bay Area is the Center of an Evolutionary Race Between Hungry Snakes and Toxic Newts
Newts carry enough toxin to kill a dozen people. Yet in the Bay Area garter snakes feast on them without harm.
Nature News
Volunteers Save Thousands of Newts from Becoming Roadkill
Tens of thousands of newts try to cross Chileno Valley Road every year in the breeding season. Volunteers try to help them make it alive.
Perspective
Santa Clara County Must Make Alma Bridge Road Safer for Wildlife
Cars and bikes kill 5,000 newts every year on Alma Bridge Road. It’s an avoidable tragedy.
Winter Issue 2021
The Mysterious Red Belly
Until recently, Sonoma County was the farthest south it had ever been seen, about 80 miles north of Stevens Creek. What the heck?
Nature News
Traffic Is Driving A Newt Massacre in the Santa Cruz Mountains
Citizen scientists tracking roadkill on Alma Bridge Road have counted an astonishing number of dead newts this season.
Winter Issue 2018
Which Bay Area Salamanders Drop Their Tails?
How does a salamander drop its tail, and how many times can it do it?
Wildlife
Valentine’s Day Tales from Nature, Guaranteed to Make You Blush
It’s Valentine’s Day and we’ve got some stories to share with you about how Bay Area species do it.
