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Everyday residents in Connecticut are becoming citizen scientists to protect frogs and toads in their local wetlands. Their observations feed into a national conservation database that's making a real difference for amphibian survival.
Fossils discovered in 1960s Australia sat forgotten in U.S. storage for 50 years before a chance reunion rewrote the story of ancient amphibians that survived Earth's worst mass extinction. The rediscovered creature traveled the globe both in life and death.
Volunteers in Maine are spending rainy spring nights helping frogs, salamanders, and toads safely cross busy roads to reach their breeding grounds. These dedicated helpers are giving thousands of amphibians a fighting chance at survival.
Hundreds of volunteers in Poland don reflective vests on rainy spring nights to carry migrating frogs and toads safely across a deadly roadway. The citizen-led "Frog Patrol" has rescued 18,000 amphibians since launching three years ago.
Over 1,000 volunteers in New York's Hudson Valley have helped 51,000 salamanders, frogs, and toads safely cross roads during spring migrations since 2009. Their nighttime rescue missions protect rare species and provide crucial data for long-term conservation efforts.
Wildlife volunteers in the Netherlands are working overtime to protect migrating amphibians from traffic and nighttime runners. Their dedication has already saved thousands of toads, frogs, and salamanders this season.
On warm spring nights in Lebanon, New Hampshire, volunteers become crossing guards for migrating frogs and salamanders. These amphibian heroes help spotted salamanders, wood frogs, and spring peepers safely reach their breeding pools without becoming roadkill.
For the first time since 2009, critically endangered Panamanian golden frogs are being released back into their natural habitat after a devastating fungal disease wiped them out completely. Scientists are studying how these captive-bred frogs adapt to the wild, paving the way for saving other endangered amphibian species.
A curious kid hunting for fossils in Beijing just rewrote the scientific record books. His find revealed creatures walking the earth 160 million years ago that scientists never knew existed in Asia.
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A fisheries biologist accidentally photographed newborn California giant salamanders in the wild for the first time ever. The rare discovery is helping scientists protect one of North America's largest and most mysterious amphibians.
Scientists in Peru discovered a new species of miniature frog that carries its eggs in a special pouch and actually feeds nutrients to developing babies through its skin. The finding reveals that these tiny amphibians share more in common with mammals than previously thought.
A world-first project in Canberra is using tiny heated greenhouses and saltwater pools to help frogs fight off a deadly fungus that's wiped out 500 species worldwide. If it works, this simple solution could save amphibians across the globe.
Scientists discovered that connecting forests and streams helps frogs develop stronger immune defenses against a deadly fungal disease killing amphibians worldwide. The breakthrough reveals a powerful conservation tool that could protect countless species beyond frogs.
The Detroit Zoo just shipped nearly 7,000 tiny tadpoles on a mission to save a species once thought extinct. It's part of the world's longest-running program to bring amphibians back from the brink.
Scientists released 1,400 Watson's tree frogs into the wild after 80% of their habitat burned in Australia's Black Summer bushfires. The curry-scented amphibians with baritone calls disappeared for 19 years before being rediscovered in 2015.
Fewer than 1,000 Darwin's frogs survive in Chile and Argentina, but a breakthrough discovery about the fungus killing them offers new hope. The tiny frog carries its tadpoles in its vocal sac until they're fully developed, a behavior found nowhere else in nature.
London Zoo just achieved something no one has done before: breeding one of the world's rarest frogs in captivity. Two critically endangered species from Ghana now have a real chance at survival thanks to an international rescue mission.
After disappearing from the wild for nearly two decades, Panama's national symbol is hopping back into the forest. A deadly fungus wiped out every golden frog in the country, but conservationists just pulled off what seemed impossible.
A Chicago zoo just completed its largest breeding cycle ever, raising over 12,000 tadpoles of a toad once thought extinct in the wild. The Puerto Rican crested toad is getting a second chance thanks to years of patient conservation work.
A groundbreaking study reveals that protecting Earth's vertebrates requires tackling multiple threats at once, not just habitat loss. The research offers hope that coordinated conservation efforts can actually reverse population declines.
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