Area of Focus: Frogs & Toads

September 4, 2024

Wild Cam: Frog saunas may ward off chytrid disease

A simple brick and greenhouse setup helps Australian amphibians ward off and build resistance to deadly disease

August 23, 2024

Yosemite toads reintroduced to national park

Rare amphibians were reintroduced for the first time in the wild from captive bred population

June 18, 2024

Nonprofits’ efforts aid threatened frog in Quebec

The Canadian government has provided $8.2 million to benefit the western chorus frog

May 9, 2024

Frogs adapt to salty conditions from de-icing

But if salt content gets higher, they won’t be able to keep up

December 8, 2023

Researchers get baseline data for contaminant in U.S. amphibians

Understanding methylmercury levels can help determine when species may be at risk from the toxin

December 4, 2023

Noise and lights deter city frogs

Surveys reveal that two species don’t fare well in urban areas with increased human sound and light pollution

October 20, 2023

The Department of the Interior announces two new wildlife refuges 

The Wyoming Toad Conservation Area and Tennessee’s Paint Rock River National Wildlife Refuge are the newest additions

July 26, 2023

Captive-bred tadpoles find new B.C. home

Northern leopard frogs raised in Edmonton Valley Zoo

July 10, 2023

A looming fungal disease poses a major threat to North American salamanders

The pathogen Bsal could cause declines in 140 species

June 12, 2023

Watch: Recovering relict leopard frogs

The rare frogs were once thought to be extinct