In a bid to prevent the extinction of the Mazama newt, the Oregon Zoo has partnered with the National Park Service and the High Desert Museum to bring 19 of these rare amphibians to the zoo's ...

Scientists breed rare newts as Crater Lake's ecosystem unravels.

More than a century ago, people introduced signal crayfish into Oregon’s Crater Lake as food for nonnative trout and salmon.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Oregon Zoo is launching an emergency plan to save newts that are native to Crater Lake from extinction, the zoo announced Thursday. The zoo is teaming up with the National ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rare Mazama newts hatched for the first time in human care in July at the Oregon Zoo. These tiny amphibians are no bigger than a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Mazama newt used to be head honcho at Crater Lake. Found only in the lake's cold waters, this brightly-colored semiaquatic species used to be one of the top predators in its ...

The efforts are part of the Swindon Forest Meadows project, a partnership between Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and Swindon Borough Council.

Rare Mazama newts hatched for the first time in human care in July at the Oregon Zoo. These tiny amphibians are no bigger than a sunflower seed, Oregon Zoo said, but represent a big milestone to save ...