Saving the Mountain Yellow Legged Frog at Oakland Zoo

The mountain yellow-legged frog, which once hopped throughout California’s upper elevations, have dropped more than 90 percent in the past decade due to chytrid, a skin fungus that thickens the frog’s skin so they can’t breathe. Researchers at University of California, Santa Barbara and the Oakland Zoo are collaborating to create an inoculation procedure against the fungus. Frogs who have received inoculations are then released back to the wild and monitored by Fish and Wildlife biologists.

Big Cats On Witness Protection? In 3D

Big Cat Rescue

What does it mean to have big cats in a Witness Protection Program here at Big Cat Rescue? This video features former witness protection big cats Jinx, Sapphire, Dutchess, and Jasmine. https://bigcatrescue.org/law-enforcem… You can help feed the cats at no cost to you using Amazon Smile! Visit BigCatRescue.org/Amazon-smile BIG CAT TV is a close look into our day-to-day operations, the conservation efforts we support, and the exotic feline residents of “Big Cat Rescue” in Tampa, FL. USA. Big Cat Rescue is an educational non-breeding, accredited, sanctuary and a registered non-profit 501c3 so your donations are tax deductible! … Continue

Baltimore Orioles and migrating bird losses since 1970.

www.birds.cornell.edu/BringBirdsBack Baltimore Orioles can migrate over 2,500 miles visiting our backyards and offering us companionship in the places we find peace. But Baltimore Orioles are in trouble. More than 2.5 billion migrating birds have vanished since 1970. That’s a 28% loss. And it’s not just Neotropical migrants. The U.S and Canada have lost 1 in 4 birds in the past 50 years.