One well-documented example of an arms race adaptation is the potent poison in the skin of the newt Taricha granulosa, which is food for the garter snake. Over time, some genetic variants of the ...

Mosher found the same poison in egg clusters of California newts. Both U.S. and Japanese chemists are now trying to figure out why such distantly related animals as fish and newts should have the ...

The great crested newt lives only in Europe. Females, which are larger than males, can reach 7 inches in length, making these stout-bodied amphibians the continent’s largest newts. The great ...

After writing the headline, I decided to Google "poisonous Newt Gingrich". This led me to a commentary by British broadcaster Martin Bashir, who's best known for his devastating documentary about ...

The species in this group include frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts. All can breathe and absorb ... is found on the skin of colorful poison dart frogs. Another special feature of most ...