newt

I’ll never forget the first time I saw a California newt waddling through Millard Canyon falls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2025

Instead, he found a smooth newt, which went home with him.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2023

Here in the Pacific Northwest spring, tiger salamanders emerge from their fossorial homes to breed, and the poisonous rough-skinned newt accelerates its activities with the warming sun.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2023

Even though the Chileno Valley Newt Brigade surveys this road nearly every night during newt breeding season, which runs from November through March, hundreds of newts die on Chileno Valley Road each year.

From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2023

And now, to make the newt feel more at home, Lavender decided to give it all the pond-weed from the pencil-box as well.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl

Dagit said they recently found newt egg masses for the first time in years, as well as a few adult newts and many frogs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

Locals have claimed that rare albino deer, great crested newts and badgers all roamed the field prior to it being built on.

From BBC ● May 9, 2026

Possibilities, subject to a public consultation, include badgers and otters as well as frogs, hedgehogs, barn owls and newts.

From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026

Residents objected, arguing the planned flood would destroy a local fish farm and harm several crested newts, which are also protected by law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

There was a muddy pond at the bottom of Lavender's garden and this was the home of a colony of newts.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl