The frog's prevalence made it a popular food source in the 1800s and for miners during the California Gold Rush, says Bennett Hardy, an amphibian ecologist at the San Diego Natural History Museum.

Local Survival of this frog in California wildfire scar lends ‘some hope’ for threatened species By Hannah Shields August 12, 2023 2:34 PM ...

Years ago, scientists moved eggs of a federally threatened frog from Mexico to Southern California. Audio monitoring -- with an AI assist -- now shows the complicated conservation effort is working.

The annual frog jump on the lawn at the California Capitol marks the beginning of summer, but it's also a chance to put politics aside and concentrate on leaping forward, together, as a state.

Nearly 600 California red-legged frog tadpoles were released into Santa Monica Mountains streams recently, marking an emergency conservation success for a species that vanished from the area more ...

The goal is to get the frog to hop as far as it can in three jumps. A frog prepares for a jump during the annual competition at the California Capitol lawn. May 6, 2025.Gerardo Zavala/CapRadio ...

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 ...