Yosemite’s yellow-legged frogs bounce back from near extinction

Mongabay
Nov 21, 2016, 7:20 am203 pts
Many amphibians worldwide are facing extinction, but one frog in California’s Yosemite National Park is defying the trend. Researchers in the park were surprised to witness a large-scale recovery of the endangered Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog (Rana sierrae). The 20-year study, published recently in the…

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