newt

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

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025

Now, his own plans to build a pool at his newly-acquired Oxfordshire home may be hampered due to the presence of his old nemesis, the great crested newt.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 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

A newt eager to get across a road was assisted by members of the Chileno Valley Newt Brigade in Marin County, Calif.Credit...

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2023

The Trunchbull was sitting behind the teacher's table staring with a mixture of horror and fascination at the newt wriggling in the glass.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl