The Birch Aquarium invites animal fans to hop into its newest exhibit opening today, Imagine Wild: Mountain Yellow-legged ...

The Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog could receive federal protection after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed Wednesday to list the animals along with Yosemite toads under the Endangered ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) – After vanishing from nearly half of their historic habitat, six populations of imperiled yellow-legged frogs will get new protections following a decision by the California ...

OAKLAND (BCN) -- Thirty-three Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frogs leapt into the wild Wednesday and Oakland Zoo officials hope they will help restabilize their species. The Sierra Nevada yellow-legged ...

Foothill yellow-legged frogs are striking stream-dwelling amphibians with a distinctive lemon-yellow color under their legs. They live in Pacific drainages from the upper reaches of the Willamette ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Geological Survey biologist Elizabeth Gallegos leads her team on a hike to release Southern California mountain yellow-legged ...

Captive-bred Panamanian golden frogs are returning to the wild for the first time since 2009, as scientists study how to rewild species lost to fungal disease.

By Mongabay.com March 20 is World Frog Day. Frogs and toads have inhabited Earth for hundreds of millions of years, but 40% of amphibians species are now at risk of extinction, according to the latest ...

The mountain yellow-legged frog once thrived in the Sierra Nevada, but today there is less than 100. The yellow-legged frog is a popular topic with researchers and was once an abundant amphibian ...