“In some areas, they blanketed the road,” says a volunteer newt-rescue organizer.
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.
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Stories about abalone, bobcats, underground rivers, newts, two-headed worms, out-of-place birds, acorns, shrews, moles, shrew-moles, and clams with a purpose.
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.
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.
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.
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.