It was happy hour at the “Frog Shack,” a tiny building at the Los Angeles Zoo offering all the amenities that Southern California’s rarest — and perhaps fussiest — amphibians might need to survive.

As its name suggests, this small frog is native to the Sierra Nevada. Unfortunately, this species has seen population ...

Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frogs are rebounding from near-extinction in California. University of California Santa Barbara After nearly disappearing for good, Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frogs are ...

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 ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— In response to a Center for Biological Diversity petition and lawsuits, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected four populations of foothill yellow-legged frogs in ...

The Los Angeles Zoo has released about 170 endangered frogs to their native habitat in the San Gabriel Mountains as part of ongoing conservation efforts for the species. The release of the southern ...

Up to only a few inches in length, with a lemon-hued belly, the foothill yellow-legged frog may seem unassuming. But its range once stretched from central Oregon to Baja California. In 2023, it was ...

(KRON) — The Oakland Zoo released its 1,000th yellow-legged frog into California’s wilderness this week, marking a milestone for efforts to bring the native species back from the brink of extinction.

The jewel-like lakes of the High Sierra in Yosemite National Park are awe-inspiring sights. But for more than a hundred years they've also been biologically disrupted, stocked each year with ...

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 ...