A genetic flaw dooms half of all crested newts to die before they hatch – now we know how this baffling evolutionary quirk ...

Great crested newt mitigation guidelines state that trapping should be done for a minimum of 30 nights, in suitable conditions. They also state that five days with no captures is required before ...

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 ...

Nick Upton/Wessex Water Great-crested newts hidden in plastic pots in long ... fence off the construction area and carry out pitfall trapping [buckets sunk into the ground], which could take ...

LONDON — Keir Starmer may have seen off the Conservatives — but now he faces a slimier foe: the great-crested newt. The newly-elected U.K. prime minister has promised to “bulldoze” through red tape ...