Smithsonian researcher Brian Gratwicke and colleagues describe how acoustic technology aided the remarkable rediscovery of four amphibian populations thought to have vanished from Panama’s mountain ...

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If not for a pair of Smithsonian scientists, the fingernail-size frog from Brazil would have likely gone extinct without ever being described Jack Tamisiea Museum scientists collected this frog ...

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Meet the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog (SNYLF)! As its name suggests, this small frog is native to the Sierra Nevada. Unfortunately, this species has seen population declines due to the widespread ...

Lassen Volcanic National Park in far Northern California is a rugged wonderland of lava flows, cinder cones and boiling pools. It is also dotted with welcoming meadows and alpine lakes - places a ...

In the last two years, National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek traversed the Chinese countryside, marched along the Korean Demilitarized Zone and fended off grizzly bears in Alaska. Now, his ...

The last Cascades frog in Lassen Volcanic National Park in Northern California was well known to amphibian survey crews. Year after year, she turned up near Juniper Lake, full of eggs, seeking a mate.