The Center for Biological Diversity announced today it has sued the Trump administration for delaying critical Endangered ...

For example, though they may look cute and harmless, they can be dangerous; toxins secreted through the skin as a defense mechanism could kill a person. Newts also can regrow lost limbs and organs.

The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration today for delaying critically needed Endangered Species Act ...

These animals go beyond playing dead or spraying stinky stuff at their enemies. Here are 15 of the most peculiar defense mechanisms found in nature.

The newts have disappeared from all areas where the crayfish live. At this point, the crayfish occupy 95% of the lake's shoreline, leaving just 5% for the newts, USFWS said.

Pleurodeles waltl have been called several names: giant ribbed newt, Iberian or Spanish ribbed newt and sharp-ribbed newt. The last of these refers to its defense mechanism: when the ribbed newt ...

Here are some animals with the most unusual defense mechanisms: ... Iberian Ribbed Newt . This amphibian pushes its sharp rib bones through its skin to create deadly spikes against predators.

Defense mechanisms are crucial to all animal life. Since animals in every biome must eat to survive, prey animals must constantly avoid being eaten. Animals employ adaptations that add to the ...

Newts of the genus Taricha produce tetrodotoxin, a powerful neurotoxin. Previously, scientists thought this was purely a chemical defense against predators, but they didn’t know how it was ...

The Spanish ribbed newt does a similar thing with its ribs — it pushes its ribs out of its skin to make two rows of spikes. ... Some defence mechanisms defy even the most lurid imaginations.

While the rough-skinned newt has a potent neurotoxin to deter predators, the Crater Lake newt adapted at the top of the lake’s food chain and lacks the defense mechanism.