As climate change messes with temperature and precipitation, California newts suffer
California didn't get much of a break.
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News tagged with newt
Salamanders chew with their palate
The Italian Crested Newt – Triturus carnifex – eats anything and everything it can overpower. Earthworms, mosquito larvae and water fleas are on its menu, but also snails, small fish and even its own offspring. A research ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 22, 2019
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UK wild newt species free from flesh-eating fungus for now
The UK's wild newt populations seem to be free from a flesh-eating lethal fungus known to be prevalent in privately-owned amphibians across Western Europe, a nationwide investigation has found.
Ecology
Mar 12, 2019
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Novel gene in red blood cells may help adult newts regenerate limbs
Newts are the only four-legged vertebrates that can regenerate their body parts, even as adults. When a newt loses a limb, a mass of cells called a blastema is generated at the stump, from which a new, fully functional limb ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 5, 2018
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In defence of great crested newts—why these elusive amphibians are worth the worry
You have probably never seen a great crested newt. If you're in the UK, you'll usually only hear about them when construction work is halted because they are found at a building site. In the past month alone, relocating these ...
Ecology
Sep 22, 2017
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Environmental DNA helps protect great crested newts
Research by the University of Kent has revealed how tiny amounts of DNA (eDNA) released into water by great crested newts can be used to monitor the species. This can bring benefits for its conservation, and help protect ...
Ecology
Apr 11, 2017
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Scientists solved the Spallanzani's dilemma
Imagine losing an eye, an arm or even your spinal cord. When we are wounded, our bodies, and those of other mammals, generally respond by sealing the wound with scar tissue. The newt, however, has evolved unique strategies ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 30, 2016
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Killer fungus invades Europe
n invasive pathogenic fungus (Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans) is a threat to European salamander and newt biodiversity. Bsal was originally discovered in the Netherlands because it caused mass mortality in salamanders ...
Ecology
Mar 24, 2016
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Emerging disease could wipe out American, European salamanders
A deadly disease that is wiping out salamanders in parts of Europe will inevitably reach the U.S. through the international wildlife trade unless steps are taken to halt its spread, says University of Maryland amphibian expert ...
Ecology
Oct 30, 2014
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European newts invade Australia
Once confined behind pet shop windows, the smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) –a 'controlled pest animal' in Victoria – has made a new home in Melbourne's peri urban fringe.
Ecology
Jun 30, 2014
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