U.S. Geological Survey biologist Elizabeth Gallegos leads her team on a hike to release Southern California mountain yellow-legged frogs into a pair of remote creeks in the San Gabriel Mountains.

A group of researchers successfully bred an endangered mountain frog for the first time after years of work. Their efforts ...

Foothill yellow-legged frogs are striking stream-dwelling amphibians with a distinctive lemon-yellow color under their legs. They live in Pacific drainages from the upper reaches of the Willamette ...

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SAN BERNARDINO (CBSLA) — A group of mountain yellow-legged frogs have been reintroduced to the San Bernardino National Forest, nearly 20 years after its population was nearly wiped out in Southern ...

OAKLAND (BCN) -- Thirty-three Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frogs leapt into the wild Wednesday and Oakland Zoo officials hope they will help restabilize their species. The Sierra Nevada yellow-legged ...

Up to only a few inches in length, with a lemon-hued belly, the foothill yellow-legged frog may seem unassuming. But its range once stretched from central Oregon to Baja California. In 2023, it was ...

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For the first time, researchers have been able to successfully breed and release into the wild an endangered species of ...

Mountain yellow-legged frogs, long under threat from trout, people and disease, are getting new protections from state Fish and Game officials. The frogs live at elevation — in streams, rivers, creeks ...