Frogs Are Going Extinct - Here's How We Can Save Them

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Frogs Are Going Extinct - Here's How We Can Save Them | WILD HOPE

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Many of the world’s most beloved frogs and amphibians are headed for extinction, but inside “The Ark” in Panama, some of those threatened species are given a fighting chance. Using innovative technology and breakthrough genetics, researchers have ignited a cadre of solutions to save these rare and cherished species.
The Ark at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama houses hundreds of large, captive communities of frogs, some of which no longer exist in the wild. Here, scientists hope to bring these species back from the brink of extinction and solve the world’s worst wildlife pandemic: an amphibian-killing fungus known as chytrid.
In a quarantined lab, these biologists bathe frogs in fungicide and hope to spark a viable immune response from the captive animals. Meanwhile, in the field, other researchers use artificial intelligence to listen to frog songs and identify so-called “lost frogs” that survive chytrid in the wild - any of which may hold the key to fighting the disease. Safeguarding a future for frogs isn't easy, but these tactics in Panama have been so successful that they’re being replicated in facilities across the globe. The effort may seem monumental, but the safety and preservation of amphibians worldwide hangs in the balance.
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@peasinourthyme5722 5 ай бұрын

I hold such great admiration for people working hard in conservation of any kind. Thank you all!

@kushking949 28 күн бұрын

I caught a Pacific treefrog that I caught 2 years ago, and he would be dead since we do not get rain anymore. He is doing great in a tall waterfall terrarium, eats good, sings and seems to be happy.

@echa3132 5 ай бұрын

Had no idea the problem was so severe. I would want to donate funds to this crisis. I love the frogs because they are beautiful expression of nature’s diversity.

@bluenine85 5 ай бұрын

It's horrifying. I was born in the early 80s and I honestly can't express to people born in the late 90s or early 2000s how much of a shift it's been.

@Louisianapermaculture 5 ай бұрын

If you own land, create habitat. Nature isn’t supposed to be a destination. Nature is everywhere, but we’re all killing it to create “pretty” properties

@KayentaRojo 5 ай бұрын

I’m so glad frogs are still pretty common here in the Mojave Desert in southern Utah. You can still hear thousands of baja california tree frogs singing during monsoon season and on warm winter days. I have definitely noticed this is northern Utah, and other places I’ve visited though - a very noticeable lack of amphibians. I hope this disease never ravages this still somewhat pristine desert. It is kind of ironic and very sad to think I see more frogs in the desert than I did on the wet, forested east coast..

@adelaidafundora3723 5 ай бұрын

Esa es mi amiga, orgullosa de ti Gina. ❤

@terinorton9462 5 ай бұрын

I preached about this all the time here in Florida with everybody draining their yards off like they do we don't have 3 weeks for the tadpoles to grow into frogs I literally put 5 gallon buckets all over my yard and my horse trough I have more frogs in my yard and almost no mosquitoes if we don't keep the frog population up to where it should be none of us will be here there are first indicators

@75338 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for trying. We need the people in this video to get into each and every high school in the parts of the US where people refuse to believe in science, i.e. the South mostly.

@k2ggers961 3 ай бұрын

Science is racist shut up nazi@@75338

@CassieHodges-pr7ng Ай бұрын

You are awesome and people like you give me hope. I wish more people were like you.

@ghhyh5018 5 ай бұрын

Avid frog fan, the frog we have the greatest problem with here in South Africa is the Painted Reed Frog, their entire habitat has been reduced to some decorative pond in a country club in Morningside. Good to see harlequins alive never knew they were still around in captivity

@orishaeshu1084 4 ай бұрын

The country club should make a habitat for the frogs by law

@thx1138tab 5 ай бұрын

This is a great project for raising awareness of amphibian mass extinction. But effort should be focused in keeping the species ALIVE by keeping biotopes viable and natural spaces large enough and linked. Long live the frogs 🐸🌸

@sstarklite2181 5 ай бұрын

Holy cow! Thank God for people who are doing this seemingly impossible task! May God bless them. This is why we need billions of scientists! Not just a few thousand or whatever. And why we urgently need to start cleaning up the earth!

@cya2163 4 ай бұрын

Thank you to everyone working hard on the amphibian conservation project...God bless...

@ohboilien 5 ай бұрын

Amazing conservation work! Thanks for sharing

@thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615 5 ай бұрын

When I was a kid I remember watching a documentary on Smithsonian it was called mission critical and they were looking for harlequin frogs love that this lab is still working and doing great shit

@Treeplanter73 5 ай бұрын

When I was a child too, after rains there were frogs everywhere, salamanders everywhere. Not soo much anymore. I'm trying to make better habitat on land.

@clementine.6.2.2 4 ай бұрын

when I was little, every time it rains, toads and frogs would come out after and I always remember going out to the garden and just watch them, they’re everywhere and the babies were absolutely adorable 🥺 now I rarely see them and I only see mature toads but never frog, and it literally been years since I last saw a baby toad and frog 😢

@BigTimeRushFan2112 5 ай бұрын

I found this absolutely ribbeting!

@anthonychihuahua 5 ай бұрын

Hehe 🤭

@LeatherneckJoe133 5 ай бұрын

I remember when I was a kid (73 years ago) I could hear frogs 🐸 singing after a rain storm now I don’t hear them at all..now I know why I miss being young

@peasinourthyme5722 5 ай бұрын

I´m 47. And when I was a kid it was the same, frogs everywhere and eggs in every pool in spring time. We kids used to collect tadpoles to raise them. I didn´t know about this desease, I thought it was all due to habitat loss and pesticides...

@OkOk-tt2dg 5 ай бұрын

I moved to a more rural town on the coast of Florida and I can hear the frogs, especially during mating season....at first I had no idea what the noise was. It is very soothing.

@CLPanda98 5 ай бұрын

I'm only 25 and I remember when I was a kid snow on the ground all winter, and every summer it was 70-80 with clear blue skies, I live in washington, and now it practically never snows in the winter where I live, summer can reach 110 or higher, and all summer long it's suggested you don't go outside because the skies are thick with wildfire smoke.

@gideon9096 5 ай бұрын

@@peasinourthyme5722its probably because of a combination of the two

@peasinourthyme5722 5 ай бұрын

@@gideon9096 Yes, that fungus must have been around long before the 70s without causing devastation.

@mmps18 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Nature on PBS!!!

@ViscosAtlantic 5 ай бұрын

Anne Boonchoy of Amphibia would be an eco hero ending the frog apocalypse! (animation & art form going extinct too)

@lorrieanneswan6509 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for saving the frogs

@jmo2104 5 ай бұрын

I've been noticing the decline for twentyish years. Every year, there are less of my buddies. I have always loved frogs and Toads. What is happening to our birds and all of the wildlife. Humans destroy everything. We are the worst creatures on earth and the ones who should be going extinct. But instead we overpopulate and care for no one but ourselves. The few who do care cannot seem to Make enough of a difference to change it.

@fireballninja01 5 ай бұрын

it’s not overpopulation, it’s rich people and political pests

@CassieHodges-pr7ng Ай бұрын

@@fireballninja01Ah yes. All that plastic pollution caused by all the rich people. All the habitats being destroyed to make room for cattle and the crops we use to feed cattle that only rich people eat. All the wild animals that use to live on or around my family's farm while I was growing up due to the farm being surrounded by nature that are now becoming rarer and rarer due to an increased amount of people moving in, developing the land, and destroying the surrounding natural habitats, which I'm sure are all rich people moving into the area. Yes, rich people are a major cause of our environmental problems, but so are all the literal billions of common people who are too selfish to care that their lifestyle choices are destroying the environment too. Our overpopulation wouldn't be a problem if a majority of the population lived environmentally responsible lives. And just fyi, when the only wild mammals that outnumber your species' population are vermin like rats and mice, your species is overpopulated.

@alishademmery3581 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely gorgeous protecting all animals from climate catastrophe

@frustratedatheist9885 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for helping the frogs and amphibians. The destruction of their habitat, due to human population and our demands, these little ones need all the help they can get.

@michaelsteinman1314 5 ай бұрын

If you're interested in seeing some of these rare frogs in the wild in Costa Rica (and financially help eco-lodges that protect vital frog habitat), I'd recommend CRARC for Agalychnis Lemur (the bright green frog in the video) and Yatama Eco Lodge for Triprion Spinosus (the mottled brown frog). At the very least, check out their websites for more info.

@CassieHodges-pr7ng Ай бұрын

Oh my gosh! I've been looking for stuff like this! Thank you!

@michaelsteinman1314 Ай бұрын

@@CassieHodges-pr7ng you're welcome

@theck672 5 ай бұрын

We don’t deserve this planet…

@Reppintimefitness 5 ай бұрын

Reptiles 4Life

@twilightgardenspresentatio6384 5 ай бұрын

Vertebrate life on earth… Amphibians did it first.

@nobullman5853 5 ай бұрын

" looking 4 a place that is not taken,a smile I can awaken. All I need is truth to breed,just a simple place 4 u n me "

@Lady8D 2 ай бұрын

Frogs have always been one of my absolute favorite animals, makes me so sad to hear they're suffering like this

@flamewulf0 5 ай бұрын

Excellent episode! Frogs really are underrated creatures.

@catatonicbug7522 5 ай бұрын

It isn't easy being green.. or orange, or yellow...

@kushking949 28 күн бұрын

I caught a cute Pacific treefrog on my fence two years ago. He would be dead that week we had a drought for months and no water nearby and we do not get rain anymore... He is doing great in a tall waterfall terrarium, eats good, sings and seems to be happy. I WOULD LOVE TO FIND HIM A MATE, but I have not seen another one in 2 years!

@twilightgardenspresentatio6384 5 ай бұрын

Gotta try

@joanneganon7157 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much❤.

@shipwreck8847 5 ай бұрын

Something about their big eyes just makes them look so cute. And that round face.

@orishaeshu1084 4 ай бұрын

Hopefully aliens think of us the same way

@AdamandRegina 5 ай бұрын

Such great work these scientists are doing!!! And such beautiful cinematography conveying the story...

@comfortablynumb9342 5 ай бұрын

Fungi can be eaten by other living things, like bacteria and insects. Hopefully they can figure out a type of microbe that will eat that specific fungus. I wish I could go to Central America and help these people. I lived in Costa Rica for 9 years and I speak Spanish fluently, plus I love the tropics.

@rashiberiwal1816 5 ай бұрын

A very riveting and informative piece.I also have a fascination for frogs and have been doing some research for their conservation.It would indeed be an honour to be part of such a team!

@dylangeltzeiler946 5 ай бұрын

I like Frogs. Mostly most Tropical Frogs anyway. I even seen some Tropical looking frogs make some appearances on some of my favorite animated & Live Action shows & movies. From Muppets, to Kulipari & finally Amphibia.

@FiddleWiddle 5 ай бұрын

Frogs :(

@lazarusblackwell6988 12 күн бұрын

I used to play with Frogs often when i was a kid So tragic that they are dying out!! :( At least we can do is PRAY for them!

@BADGER-578 5 ай бұрын

Is so sad

@troygarza5720 5 ай бұрын

Save the froggies.

@twilightgardenspresentatio6384 5 ай бұрын

Why are frogs more affected than salamanders?

@JNecology 5 ай бұрын

Salamanders are also affected. I think the video was simply highlighting the story here with these frogs. However, there is another species of chytrid (B. salamandrivorans; Bsal) that is particularly bad for salamanders. But this species of chytrid has not yet been detected in the Americas.

@orishaeshu1084 4 ай бұрын

Frogs depend on water more.