KTVZ

Oregon Zoo prepares 100 imperiled northern leopard frogs for big leap back into the wild

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A hundred imperiled northern leopard frogs will be hopping back into the wild soon, thanks to a recovery program at the Oregon Zoo. The rapidly growing tadpoles were brought to ...
Capital Press

Some Oregon spotted frogs are growing to supersize proportions

BEND, Ore. — In 2012, Jay Bowerman received an exciting email from a friend. The message contained a photo of an Oregon spotted frog that the friend’s 6-year-old nephew, Brett Judish, had caught in ...
KOIN 6

Oregon Zoo raises, releases 100 endangered frogs into the wild

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — More than 100 endangered northern leopard frogs leapt into the wild last week, after being raised by the Oregon Zoo in their latest conservation effort. The frogs hatched from ...
Courthouse News Service

Conservationists ask appellate panel to protect Oregon spotted frogs from grazing cattle

PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — A U.S. Forest Service plan to expand cattle grazing in southern Oregon at the risk of extirpating imperiled Oregon spotted frogs landed at the Ninth Circuit on Thursday as ...
Oregonian

Frogs could get their own underpass on Portland highway, replacing ‘frog taxi’

On a typical rainy winter evening in Northwest Portland, most locals are content to stay inside. But for hundreds of froggy residents, it’s the perfect weather for an annual migration. Under cover of ...
KOIN 6

Oregon Zoo releasing 100 endangered frogs back into the wild

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Oregon Zoo release 100 northern leopard frogs into the wild in August to bolster the endangered species’ dwindling populations. The zoo already released more than 50 ...
PBS

Frog Taxi

Red-legged frogs cross a busy Portland highway with help from the “Frog Taxi.” The resident reg-legged frogs that live in Portland’s Forest Park have a dangerous migration route to and from their ...