Good luck Dua Leaper: scientists return frogs wiped out by fungal disease to wild
by Donna Lu Assistant editor, climate, environment an from Environment | The Guardian on (#739RF)
Researchers dig spas' and install saunas' in ACT wetlands to give green and golden bell frogs the best chance of survival
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Scientists have reintroduced green and golden bell frogs to the Australian Capital Territory for the first time since the species became locally extinct four decades ago.
The first cohort of 25 frogs was released on Tuesday morning, a milestone for conservation of the animals, whose numbers have been devastated by the chytrid fungal disease that has wiped out 90 amphibian species in 50 years.
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