Arizona Daily Star

10K acres set aside for threatened frog

The federal government will designate more than 10,000 acres in Arizona and New Mexico as prime habitat for the threatened Chiricahua leopard frog. More than a dozen streams and many livestock ...
AZ Central

How many Chiricahua leopard frogs has the Phoenix Zoo sent into the wilds? Try 30,000

The Phoenix Zoo recently released 1,000 tadpoles into the Tonto National Forest, part of a program to save the threatened Chiricahua leopard frog. The zoo collects eggs every year, and those eggs ...

Frog finders, toad detectives needed to help assess local watershed

You don't have to touch the frogs and toads; just listen for their distinctive croaks and chirps. And Friends of the Rouge ...
KTVZ

‘Hoppy’ news: Oregon Zoo releases over 100 endangered frogs back into the wild

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — More than 100 northern leopard frogs reared at the Oregon Zoo hopped back into the wild last week, thanks to a collaborative effort to save one of the last remaining Northwest ...
Gothamist

Rare Staten Island frog among new animals planned for NY’s endangered, threatened list

New York state environmental officials are planning to update their list of endangered and threatened species as part of a push to protect animals that are at the brink of extinction. Those include ...
KOIN 6

Oregon Zoo raises, releases 100 endangered frogs into the wild

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — More than 100 endangered northern leopard frogs leapt into the wild last week, after being raised by the Oregon Zoo in their latest conservation effort. The frogs hatched from ...
Oregonian

‘These first documented survivors represent hope’: Endangered frogs make breakthrough in Washington

After years of failed attempts, a cohort of Oregon Zoo-reared northern leopard frogs has finally survived through the winter at the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Washington. “We’ve ...
The Spokesman-Review

‘We just need them to live’: Bringing northern leopard frogs back to Washington’s scablands

OTHELLO, Wash. – Some of the frogs leapt straight into the water. Some tried to eat. Others headed for the fence, trying to scale it and escape the small pen made for them. The 300 northern leopard ...
Staten Island Advance

Rare Staten Island frog belongs on N.Y. endangered list, local environmental group says

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island’s largest environmental group is pushing for the inclusion of a rare local frog on the state endangered species list, as the frog’s numbers are dwindling in the ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Frog, Lizard, Salamander Added to New York’s Endangered Species List

ALBANY, N.Y.— New York has added the Atlantic Coast leopard frog, eastern fence lizard and eastern tiger salamander to its protected threatened and endangered species lists. The state’s Department of ...
OPB

Oregon Zoo releases endangered frogs into the wild

Alan Zhou / OPB Plans to develop a new population of endangered frogs are hopping along in Eastern Washington. This month, nearly 100 northern leopard frogs reared at the Oregon Zoo were released into ...