Nearly 20 years ago, the first global assessment of amphibians found the animals facing widespread declines. Now, a second, updated report shows that many amphibians are still in trouble, but with some silver linings, researchers report October 4 in Nature.
“We are realistic and hopeful at the same time,” says Jennifer Luedtke, a conservationist at the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which tracks extinction risk trends for species around the world.
In particular, the wealth of data in
LONDON — Boris Johnson has gone public on the newt-shaped threat to his swimming pool.
The former British prime minister is promising to do “whatever it takes” after the likely presence of the protected creatures at his new home halted plans for a pool.
British protection laws force developers to thoroughly check for newts before starting construction.
The Telegraph reported this week that the proposed 11 meter-by-4 meter pool at Johnson’s £3.8 million, nine-bedroom house in Oxfordshire has raised the
You probably missed it but the other day the BBC decided that the latest nationally important development was the potential discovery of newts in my garden.
I say potential, because the newts had not yet actually been located. The point of the story was that the mere suggestion of newts — a newt footprint, newt droppings, the frondy shadow of a newt tail at the bottom of a pond — was going to be enough to stop my plan to
