A Caribbean frog species known as the mountain chicken is on the brink of extinction due to the spread of an infectious fungal disease. However, a recent survey found that there were still 21 of these ...
BRADES, Montserrat — There may be hope for the mountain chicken. More than five years ago, dozens of Leptodactylus fallax frogs—a species nicknamed the “mountain chicken”—were airlifted out of ...
Simon is a visiting lecturer for the Durrell Conservation Academy and has previously worked with conservation projects run by the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation. The “mountain chicken” frogs on the ...