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The Quito Rocket frog has been pushed to the edge of extinction. With only around 100 left in the wild, and all confined to a single stream near the Cotopaxi volcano, its survival depends on the ...
Poison dart frog Almost a year ago NATURE asked me to make a film about the disappearance of amphibians. I’d made a film on that very subject 15 years ...
Allison Argo Send in your questions for Allison Argo, the director of Frogs: The Thin Green Line. On the night of the premiere -- Sunday, April 5 -- ...
Filmmaker Allison Argo shares her stories from the making of Frogs: The Thin Green Line. We set off for Panama on the 4th of June for our first shoot. It ...
I'm at Boot Lake Nature Preserve in Elkhart, Indiana, and all around me are the sounds of spring. Predominantly, I can hear a massive the breeding chorus of Western chorus frogs.
Amphibian Ark works in partnerships with other organizations to ensure survival of amphibians, especially those that cannot survive in the wild. This page suggests ways you can help frogs, from ...
Filmmaker Allison Argo shares her stories from the making of Frogs: The Thin Green Line. Our next location was closer to home: Yosemite National Park. We ...
While many of these traits—webbed feet, slimy skin, large eyes–seem familiar, some frogs have developed abilities that are so unusual they resemble comic book superpowers.
The shape-shifting frog species Pristimantis mutabilis hides its spines. The change in the frog’s skin texture takes little more than three minutes. (Credit: Zoological Journal of the Linnean ...