The answer comes in the form of an evolutionary arms race that pits the toxin of the newt, tetrodotoxin or TTX, against the voltage-gated sodium channels of the snake. The newt's toxin typically ...

It’s January 2024. We’ve officially coasted through the darkest part of the year, the winter solstice is behind us and that means longer and brighter days are ahead. Most importantly that means it's ...

He discovered that garter snakes in rough-skinned newt territory have evolved peculiar shape to the receptors on their neurons that TTX would normally grab. The coevolution of newts and snakes became ...

Juneau has four resident amphibians that breed in fresh water: wood frogs and western (boreal) toads, which have geographic ranges extending way up north, Columbia spotted frogs, which range to about ...