'The humble newt is an ancient amphibian, predating the dinosaurs'

摘要

See a newt in your garden and you'd be forgiven for thinking a miniature crocodile had taken up residence. Okay, so they're not quite as ferocious, but the humble newt is an ancient creature nonetheless. Amphibians predate the dinosaurs by as much as150 million years and have survived everything the planet could throw at them over the last 375 million years. Despite this, many of them are now threatened, including our native newts, which are such beautiful species that they really do deserve our hel