newt

Many species are legally protected, such as badgers, bats and great crested newts, and Natural England has to issue a licence before any work can take place that could harm them.

The funding will support the restoration of grassland, riverbank, wetland and woodland habitats that will support species such as willow tit, waxcaps and rare great-crested newts.

For the most part, scientists have studied aspects of procreation in space only in animals, including fruit flies, frogs, newts, geckos, aquatic crustaceans, quails, rats, mice and, intriguingly, rams.

The world’s frogs, salamanders, newts and other amphibians remain in serious trouble, according to a report on species threatened with extinction.

The world’s frogs, salamanders, newts and other amphibians remain in serious trouble.