A California frog is on the brink of extinction. Long Beach’s aquarium has a plan to save it
Inside three water tanks in a tucked-away room at the Aquarium of the Pacific, biologists are tasked with bringing back a population of frogs that once thrived across the state’s mountainous streams but has since reached the brink of extinction. It’s a program that’s nearly closed out its fifth year with a major milestone: more...
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