Great crested newts are nocturnal and are voracious eaters ... On a rainy night in March, they awaken and trek back to the pond where they hatched to mate. Females lay from 200 to 300 eggs ...

The great crested newt is a protected species, but this means developers often have to go through months of red tape to identify their locations before they can put a shovel in the ground ...

The protected amphibian species breeds in ponds during the spring and spends ... having particular regard to great crested ...

A trust is fighting developers who have applied for a pipe to drain a field because they say it poses a danger to great-crested newts ...

"It's a no-brainer." Farmers stumble upon solution to restore 'zombie' ponds on their land: 'You get a lot of ... bang for ...

The great crested newt is found throughout Europe and is a protected species in the United Kingdom. It is claimed a pond in a neighbouring garden had "one of the largest populations of [great ...

In the summer, Britain's garden ponds and damp ditches are good places to look for smooth newts. It's a very special thing to find a dark, bumpy great crested newt. They are quite rare and ...

These ponds support ducks, moorhens, toads, herons, fish and great crested newts and the trust fear for the loss of the ecosystem. The trust is urging residents of Herstmonceux to write to Wealden ...

Down by the pond, villagers are 'as peeved as a newt,' to slightly amend a well-known expression. The planned building of ...