California newts are endemic to California. They live through the coast and coast range mountains from Mendocino County to San Diego County. [Related: Poisonous animals probably took their sweet time ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The newts of the genus Taricha come armed with a powerful neurotoxin ...

Tetrodotoxin, the neurotoxin that makes a blue-ringed octopus deadly, also protects Taricha newts — but we don’t understand how they produce it, or what purposes it serves for them. A first step to ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — Environmentalists petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday to conserve a dwindling subspecies of newt in Oregon’s Crater Lake through the Endangered Species Act.