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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.
Massive tree frogs spend their entire lives in the jungle canopy, only descending when it's time to breed in a breathtaking display captured by BBC Earth. The stunning footage celebrates 20 years of Planet Earth bringing nature's wonders into our homes.
Scientists discovered a new glass frog species in Ecuador and named it after Neisi Dajomes, the country's first female Olympic gold medalist. The tiny transparent amphibian honors a weightlifting champion who made history.
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.
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.
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.
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.
For 13 winters, Portland volunteers have shuttled thousands of endangered frogs across a deadly highway to reach their breeding grounds. Now they're raising $4.5 million to build a permanent wildlife crossing so the frogs can migrate safely on their own.
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.
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.
When threatened, the hairy frog deliberately breaks its toe bones and pushes them through its skin as defensive weapons. Even more remarkably, it can retract these claws and heal completely after the danger passes.
Dozens of volunteers traveled to rural Arizona to rebuild ponds and create new wetlands for the endangered Chiricahua leopard frog. Their hands-on restoration work is giving these rare amphibians a fighting chance at survival.
Scientists discovered wasps and frogs independently evolved the same pain-causing molecule to defend against predators, challenging what we thought we knew about evolution. The finding shows nature follows more predictable patterns than previously believed.
For over four decades, citizen scientists across Wisconsin have spent their spring and summer nights listening to frogs and toads, helping track 12 species and uncovering surprising population trends. These "froggers" have now logged over 12,300 nights monitoring wetlands statewide.
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.
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.
Four decades after the world's worst nuclear disaster, scientists studying frogs near Chernobyl have discovered something remarkable: some appear to have darker skin that might protect them from radiation. While the discovery is still being debated, it offers a glimpse into nature's surprising ability to adapt to even the harshest conditions.
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A tiny frog collected in 1963 by two trailblazing Smithsonian scientists sat unnoticed in a museum jar for six decades before researchers discovered it was an entirely new species. The fingernail-sized amphibian may have gone extinct in the wild, but its preserved specimen now helps scientists understand Brazil's incredible biodiversity.
Everyday Australians using their smartphones are discovering endangered frogs in places scientists rarely reach. Their recordings are rewriting what we know about where threatened species survive.
Every spring, over 1,200 volunteers drop everything to help frogs and salamanders safely cross Maine roads during their annual migration. Their citizen science efforts are now reshaping how communities design roads and culverts to protect wildlife.
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