All Entries in the "Frogs" Category

El Niño and Pathogen Killed Costa Rica Toad – Not Global Warming

The Monteverde golden toad, vanished from Costa Rica’s Pacific coastal-mountain cloud forest in the late 1980s. The role that climate change played in the toad’s demise has been fiercely debated in recent years.

According to a new study, global warming did not kill a Costa Rica amphibian often cited as an example of climate-triggered extinction.

Minnesota Native Leaps Into His Work in Costa Rica

At The Costa Rica Frog, we like Costa Rica frogs! Sounds redundant, but it’s so true we just can’t say it enough
Fortunately, Minnesota native Brian Kubicki likes frogs too!
Brian Kubicki is a self-taught herpetologist that came to Central America in 1998 to study the Neotropical glass frog species.
Kubicki notes that Minnesota only has [...]