There’s a march underway in the wild spaces of Lacey. Over leaves and around blades of grass, thousands of tiny feet plod with a single-minded purpose. It’s mating season for the rough-skinned newt.

Now that many of us are out and about once again — while social distancing, of course — we are in high spirits as we take in nature’s nuances along some of the county park’s trails. It’s fun to slake ...

From the brightly colored poison frogs of South America to the prehistoric-looking newts of the Western US, the world is filled with beautiful, deadly amphibians. Just a few milligrams of the newt’s ...

NORTH KITSAP — Sharp eyes glued to the ground, Beth Nichols spots a newt and scoops it up onto a piece of wood she brought along on her walk. “Hello, little brother,” she says, before lifting it to ...