🐸 Saving an endangered frog from extinction! Although northern leopard frogs live all throughout North America, the Rocky Mountain population is endangered due to habitat loss and degradation, invasive species, and disease. @thewilderinstitute is working hard to protect the small remaining wild population and enhance their numbers through conservation breeding, reintroduction programs, and research. The research team monitors populations through breeding call surveys and visual encounter survey

The Edmonton Valley Zoo is croaking with excitement! It’s time for our annual endangered Northern Leopard Frog release - or, as we’re calling it this year - the beginning of FROG-MAGEDDON! 🐸 We have an unprecedented 1,500 tadpoles bugging us to be released back into their natural habitat in Kimberley, BC. Thanks to the efforts of our partners, volunteers, and our amazing zookeepers, we have more than five times the number of tadpoles bred for release compared to our efforts in 2023! We’re hoppi

If a leopard transformed into a frog, it would be a this! Northern leopard frogs are a stunning shimmery green colour with dark brown spots which are unique to each individual, just like how human fingerprints are unique to each person. This helps frog scientists track the health of each frog! The Rocky Mountain population of these frogs is endangered and at risk of extinction due to habitat loss, invasive species, and disease. Scientists at the @thewilderinstitute are working hard to save these