It is dark and wet on Chileno Valley Road, but through the pitch black of this rainy night, glowing flashlight beams play along the road, illuminating the pavement and whatever may happen to crawl, ...

Sally Gale is a rancher in rural west Marin County, California. In addition to raising beef cattle, she leads a specialized brigade — one that’s helped save thousands of amphibians. The amphibians are ...

On a rainy night in the winter of 2019, rancher Sally Gale was returning home on West Marin’s Chileno Valley Road with her husband Mike when she suddenly said: “Stop the car!” She climbed out to study ...

(KRON) — Sonoma County Regional Parks is reminding parkgoers to be cautious of where they walk as small, sensitive newts are on the move this time of year. Park officials took to social media on ...

A rough-skinned newt crosses a road. About 5,000 newts die each year on Alma Bridge Road in Santa Clara County. A proposal to elevate the road could prevent about 70% of the newt deaths from vehicles.

As the first drops of rain hit the leaves, brown and orange newts emerge from their shelters and head down into the misty storm. California newts and rough-skinned newts are local to the East Bay and ...

More than 48,000 deer, thousands of Pacific newts, close to 100 mountain lions and many thousands of other animals are killed each year by vehicles on California roads, according to the 2024 “roadkill ...