Buxton, Derbyshire: A glimpse of gloop in the water, a hasty net purchase, and it was confirmed – palmate newts have moved in. But how long had they been there? It has been a source of excitement for ...

Crook, County Durham On dry land palmate newts are ungainly but in the pond they become water dragons, weaving about with an undulating wriggle of the tail In the garden in spring the hour after ...

It stands to reason that all palms have palmate leaves, right? Wrong. About half of the 2,100 species have feathery (pinnate) leaves, including the familiar queen and date palms. A palmate leaf, on ...