The Planning Inspectorate says work on the Lake District site would significantly impact the species.

A trained detection dog was highly accurate at finding great crested newts underground or at a distance, which might aid conservation efforts for this highly-endangered species, according to a study ...

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A water company says it is the first in the UK to have an in-house team of detection dogs tasked with sniffing out endangered wildlife to protect it. Wessex Water has trained dogs to locate end waste ...

Great crested newts are threatened amphibians that live in lowland areas of England, but their underground lifestyle makes them tricky to find. Scientists have now trained a dog to sniff out the ...

Authorities may have to kill fish that were placed in a Southampton lake due to the threat they pose to a legally-protected species of newt. Last month, Southampton City Council said people had moved ...

All great crested newts have a genetic flaw that dooms half of their offspring to die while still in the egg. How they evolved such a disadvantageous trait has long been a mystery, but now we have an ...

GREAT crested newts might be living on a site where councillors have already granted permission for a new housing estate. Ecologists contracted by housing developer the Nash Partnership found there ...

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The company purchased 24 acres of land off Palehouse Common and Sand Hill Lane in Framfield as part of the construction works. The land has been improved with planting to provide new habitats for ...