Why I Dipped Newts in Fluorescent Powder

Behavioural studies that help protect an endangered amphibian species

The author holding a newt dipped in yellow fluorescent powder.

Now… Think for a moment. A newt is out of the water. Not for long though.

Spring is nearly here. It needs to move back to the pond to breed after surviving a long winter during hibernation. It tries to feed and gather some energy before the journey that…