The smooth newt is the most common species of newt in Britain, lives for an average of six years and can grow up to 4in long. A Sainsbury’s spokesman said the newt had died before it could be ...

The Smooth Newt is much slower, is easier to catch and its four long toes on each front foot are therefore much easier to count. Also, lizards bask in the sun whereas newts don't for fear of their ...

Behaviour of smooth newt females and males foraging on zooplankton was studied. Diel activity patterns of the sexes differed in both movement and feeding activities. Female newts moved slightly more ...

The behaviour of smooth newt adult females foraging on Daphnia was analysed. Newts were given different-sized Daphnia (1.5, 2.3 and 3.8 mm), either as one-sized or two-sized prey in different ...

The other species most likely to be encountered is the smooth newt. In the breeding season the male is very handsome, with his mottled blue-grey back and orange underparts.

Salamanders are the common name for about 500 species of amphibians. Their bodies are elongated and they have long tails. The non-extinct ones are grouped as Urodela, while all known fossil remains ...

Many garden ponds have them, especially palmate and smooth newts but you'll rarely get to see them unless you sit still and wait for them to surface for air every now and again. You can report ...