For a quarter of a century, Panamanian golden frogs were not seen in the wild. These brightly colored little amphibians had been wiped out by a fungal disease. Thankfully, experts at the Smithsonian’s ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. As researchers prepared to release the endangered lemur leaf frog back into the forests of Panama, they had to think outside the box about how to ...

Rewilding amphibians, such as the lemur leaf frog (Agalychnis lemur), stands to help restore aquatic ecosystems, according to the authors of a new study. Credit: Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA 3.0 In a ...

Major conservation efforts are underway to save the critically endangered Panamanian golden frog from extinction:: Colon ...

The Panamanian golden frog was made extinct in the wild due to a deadly fungus called Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. A coalition of expert agencies successfully bred the frogs in captivity. In 2025, ...