Panamá Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project
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Captive breeding and reintroduction of endangered frogs. Research to mitigate the amphibian chytrid fungus. Partnership with the Smithsonian National Zoo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Zoo New England and Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Herpetology.
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First, the frogs died. Then people got sick.
An emerging area of research is uncovering hidden links between nature and human health.
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Thanks to @dinograndoni.bsky.social and photographer Melina Mara @washingtonpost.com for this great piece supported by the Pulitzer Center covering our efforts to mend broken tropical frog populations and their importance to human health #amphibianresilience #anfibioresiliente
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Thanks to @dinograndoni.bsky.social and photographer Melina Mara @washingtonpost.com for this great piece supported by the Pulitzer Center covering our efforts to mend broken tropical frog populations and their importance to human health #amphibianresilience #anfibioresiliente
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First, the frogs died. Then people got sick.
An emerging area of research is uncovering hidden links between nature and human health.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Thanks to @dinograndoni.bsky.social and photographer Melina Mara @washingtonpost.com for this great piece supported by the Pulitzer Center covering our efforts to mend broken tropical frog populations and their importance to human health #amphibianresilience #anfibioresiliente
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In biblical times, frogs were seen as a plague
Today, thanks to new research, we know they’re actually guardians against disease 1/5
Today, thanks to new research, we know they’re actually guardians against disease 1/5
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
In biblical times, frogs were seen as a plague
Today, thanks to new research, we know they’re actually guardians against disease 1/5
Today, thanks to new research, we know they’re actually guardians against disease 1/5
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As a frog-killing fungus swept Central America, scientists saw a remarkable chain of events
With fewer tadpoles to eat mosquito larvae, rates of mosquito-borne malaria climbed 2/5
With fewer tadpoles to eat mosquito larvae, rates of mosquito-borne malaria climbed 2/5
November 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
As a frog-killing fungus swept Central America, scientists saw a remarkable chain of events
With fewer tadpoles to eat mosquito larvae, rates of mosquito-borne malaria climbed 2/5
With fewer tadpoles to eat mosquito larvae, rates of mosquito-borne malaria climbed 2/5
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The discovery is part of a new area of research in which ecologists and economists find hidden ways many plants and animals — including wolves, bats, birds and trees — underpin human well-being
They are learning that without saving nature, we can’t save ourselves 3/5
They are learning that without saving nature, we can’t save ourselves 3/5
November 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The discovery is part of a new area of research in which ecologists and economists find hidden ways many plants and animals — including wolves, bats, birds and trees — underpin human well-being
They are learning that without saving nature, we can’t save ourselves 3/5
They are learning that without saving nature, we can’t save ourselves 3/5
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Read the full story here, as Melina Mara and I go around Panama talking to frog and mosquito researchers as well as everyday Panamanians who have had malaria 4/5
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First, the frogs died. Then people got sick.
An emerging area of research is uncovering hidden links between nature and human health.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Read the full story here, as Melina Mara and I go around Panama talking to frog and mosquito researchers as well as everyday Panamanians who have had malaria 4/5
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A neat story about our translocation efforts to restore Pratt's rocket frogs to one of Panama's National Parks @mongabay.com #AmphibianResilience #AnfibioResiliente news.mongabay.com/2025/10/in-p...
In Panama, poison dart frog move brings hope amid amphibians’ fight with fungus
Measuring a bit more than 20 millimeters (0.8 inches), Pratt’s poison frog (Colostethus pratti) is not the kind of frog that would get attention. Although part of the Dendrobatidae family, known for i...
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October 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A neat story about our translocation efforts to restore Pratt's rocket frogs to one of Panama's National Parks @mongabay.com #AmphibianResilience #AnfibioResiliente news.mongabay.com/2025/10/in-p...
We are collaborating with Goncalo Rosa from IMIB Biodiversity Research Institute (CSIC) and Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and Julie Dogger from University of Amsterdam to see if treating mesocosms with antifungals can boosts survival of lemur leaf frogs.
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#amphibianresilience
October 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
We are collaborating with Goncalo Rosa from IMIB Biodiversity Research Institute (CSIC) and Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and Julie Dogger from University of Amsterdam to see if treating mesocosms with antifungals can boosts survival of lemur leaf frogs.
#amphibianresilience
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Our release trials for Agalychnis lemur tadpoles are going swimmingly. More than 90% survival to metamorphosis so far! #amphibianresilience
September 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Our release trials for Agalychnis lemur tadpoles are going swimmingly. More than 90% survival to metamorphosis so far! #amphibianresilience
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Caecilians are the legless amphibians, they are rarely seen due to their fossorial habits, so moments like these are very special. This yellow headed caecilian was found in Gamboa Panama behind @amphibianrescue #amphibianresilience
September 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Caecilians are the legless amphibians, they are rarely seen due to their fossorial habits, so moments like these are very special. This yellow headed caecilian was found in Gamboa Panama behind @amphibianrescue #amphibianresilience
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Got to see my first Sylvia’s tree frog last night #cruziohyla what a spectacular frog! ❤️❤️❤️🐸🇵🇦
September 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Got to see my first Sylvia’s tree frog last night #cruziohyla what a spectacular frog! ❤️❤️❤️🐸🇵🇦
Nice feature in nature on Anthony Waddle's work with the frog sauna chytrid mitigation for green and golden bell frogs in Australia www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A sit in the sauna can save endangered frogs
Anthony Waddle’s unconventional approach resulted in a stunningly practical solution to fight a deadly fungal infection.
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August 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Nice feature in nature on Anthony Waddle's work with the frog sauna chytrid mitigation for green and golden bell frogs in Australia www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Take a peek behind the scenes @amphibianrescue m.youtube.com/shorts/8EV44...
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August 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Take a peek behind the scenes @amphibianrescue m.youtube.com/shorts/8EV44...
People LOVE their tungara frogs, its nature's lullaby in Latin America.
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The Enchanting Tungara Frog Call: A Soundtrack to Latin American Nights - Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project
From the humid lowlands of Mexico to the tropical forests of Colombia, one sound unites the nocturnal chorus of Latin America: the distinctive tungara frog call. These small amphibians, scientifically...
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August 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
People LOVE their tungara frogs, its nature's lullaby in Latin America.
amphibianrescue.org/the-enchanti...
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Check out our new research published in Diversity and Distributions modeling the high resolution seasonal changes in chytrid fungus and intensity in Panama - thanks to the many collaborators who shared data to make this work possible amphibianrescue.org/scientists-u...
Scientists Use Climate Data to Map, Predict Amphibian Chytrid Disease - Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project
The chytrid fungus disease is responsible for global amphibian population declines, such as the endangered limosa harlequin frog shown above. (Brian Gratwicke/Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservati...
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August 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Check out our new research published in Diversity and Distributions modeling the high resolution seasonal changes in chytrid fungus and intensity in Panama - thanks to the many collaborators who shared data to make this work possible amphibianrescue.org/scientists-u...
Happy Golden Frog Day from our awesome collaborators at JacanaJacana www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwxz... #AmphibianResilience
RANA DORADA - JACANA JACANA FEAT ASI (Iniciativa de Supervivencia Atelopus)
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August 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Happy Golden Frog Day from our awesome collaborators at JacanaJacana www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwxz... #AmphibianResilience
Some of our recently released captive-raised Crowned tree frogs 1) sporting a radio transmitter! 2) with Nate who built artificial tree hole for them 3) Jennifer who cares for this captive collection and reared the juveniles for release.
July 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Some of our recently released captive-raised Crowned tree frogs 1) sporting a radio transmitter! 2) with Nate who built artificial tree hole for them 3) Jennifer who cares for this captive collection and reared the juveniles for release.
Meet some amazing #frogs at risk of extinction that we are breeding in captivity #biodiversityday #conservation 🧪
May 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Meet some amazing #frogs at risk of extinction that we are breeding in captivity #biodiversityday #conservation 🧪
Meet our turtle team at the Smithsonian conservation biology institute wapo.st/4mpX3ar
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Orlando spot checks lemur leaf frogs in pod #6
May 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Orlando spot checks lemur leaf frogs in pod #6
Edna to find rare frogs in Panama 🐸🇵🇦❤️👏https://wildlife.org/can-edna-track-down-rare-frogs/
Can eDNA track down rare frogs? - The Wildlife Society
New genetic tools might help scientists protect vanishing species
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May 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Edna to find rare frogs in Panama 🐸🇵🇦❤️👏https://wildlife.org/can-edna-track-down-rare-frogs/
Teratohyla spinosa a tiny little glass frog with a little call #panama #biodiversity #conservation #herpetology
May 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Teratohyla spinosa a tiny little glass frog with a little call #panama #biodiversity #conservation #herpetology
Nice little dink frog (Diasporus diastema) calling love the sound track of nature at night. #amphibianweek #frog #herpetology 🧪
May 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Nice little dink frog (Diasporus diastema) calling love the sound track of nature at night. #amphibianweek #frog #herpetology 🧪
One of the great privileges of this job is that we to run into some other cool creatures while doing field work #herpetology #Panama #helmetediguana
May 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
One of the great privileges of this job is that we to run into some other cool creatures while doing field work #herpetology #Panama #helmetediguana
Our intrepid team setting up mesocosms in Panama for some tadpole release trials lead by our collaborator Gonçalo Rosa from IMIB Biodiversity Research Institute.
May 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Our intrepid team setting up mesocosms in Panama for some tadpole release trials lead by our collaborator Gonçalo Rosa from IMIB Biodiversity Research Institute.
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@amphibianrescue intern Nate Weisenbeck working on some artificial tree holes for our upcoming frog release trials.
May 2, 2025 at 10:36 AM
@amphibianrescue intern Nate Weisenbeck working on some artificial tree holes for our upcoming frog release trials.