The first amphibian to halt a hydroelectric dam now takes on the climate crisis

Mongabay
Dec 22, 2025, 10:19 am195 pts
ARVOREZINHA, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil — The admirable little red-bellied toad is the size of a thumb, but it has achieved giant feats: In 2014, it prevented the construction of a small hydroelectric dam that threatened to alter its only habitat forever. Endemic to a small stretch of the Forqueta River, in…

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