The struggling population of Mazama newts are finding a new home at the High Desert Museum in Bend and the Oregon Zoo in Portland due to their own climate becoming increasingly challenging. The newts, ...

The Oregon Zoo, in partnership with the National Park Service and the High Desert Museum, has rescued 19 Mazama newts from Crater Lake National Park in an attempt to save the species from extinction.

Sometimes smooth, sometimes slippery, but always unique. Introducing one of the most interesting salamander relatives: newts. Newts are found in Europe, Asia, and North America. This lizard-frog ...

In coastal northern California, a group of volunteers spends every night - from late fall through winter - as crossing guards. Not for children - they are escorting migrating salamanders across a ...