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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.
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.
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.
Green and golden bell frogs are hopping back into Australian wetlands after vanishing in 1981, thanks to scientists who built 180 heated shelters that protect them from a deadly fungus. Over 300 captive-bred frogs are getting a second chance at wild life around Canberra.
After finding 700 squashed toads last year, Emma Hallewell rallied 60 volunteers to help hundreds of migrating amphibians safely cross a deadly road. The Toad Patrol is ready to spring into action this February with buckets, torches, and a whole lot of heart.
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.
Green and golden bell frogs are hopping back into the Australian Capital Territory for the first time since a deadly fungus wiped them out four decades ago. Scientists have built tiny saunas and saltwater spas to protect the endangered amphibians from the disease that killed 90 frog species worldwide.
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.