The Panamanian golden frog was made extinct in the wild due to a deadly fungus called Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. A coalition of expert agencies successfully bred the frogs in captivity. In 2025, ...

Panama's beloved golden frog vanished from the wild nearly two decades ago, wiped out by a fungal disease that still lurks in the very streams scientists now want to restore it to. A new experiment ...

The last known time that someone saw bright yellow frogs bespeckled with black dots in Panama’s wilderness was in 2009. These Panamanian golden frogs probably succumbed to a fungal disease called ...

Panamanian golden frogs—such as F1, seen here—are native to the rainforests and cloud forests of Panama but haven't been seen in the wild since 2009. Each creature's bright coloration warns predators ...

A critically endangered species that has disappeared from the wild is getting a second chance at ZooTampa. ZooTampa at Lowry Park announced the recent hatching of Panamanian golden frogs, a species ...

For a quarter of a century, Panamanian golden frogs were not seen in the wild. These brightly colored little amphibians had been wiped out by a fungal disease. Thankfully, experts at the Smithsonian’s ...