Intrigued, they captured the animals and, after taking a closer look, realized they’d discovered a new species: Hypselotriton huanggangensis, or the Huanggangshan fire-bellied newt ...

Now, in an experiment spanning 16 years, Goro Eguchi of the Shokei Educational Institution, Japan, and Panagiotis Tsonis at the University of Dayton, Ohio, have discovered that newts can regenerate ...