Biologist Andrea Teran holds a new species of rocket frog in her hands by the Velo de Novia waterfall in Junín, Ecuador, April 2022 - Copyright AFP Tolga Akmen ...

Two new species of endangered glass frogs, the Mashpi glass frog (Hyalinobatrachium mashpi) and the Nouns’ glass frog (Hyalinobatrachium nouns) were identified near active mining areas in the ...

The winning name for the new species was revealed Wednesday The name shows continued defiance against the Llurimagua mining project The mining site is home to many amphibians and other threatened ...

QUITO, Ecuador— Environmental groups filed a legal brief today urging the Provincial Court of Imbabura in Ecuador to halt all environmental permits for a mining project because the government failed ...

An international expert on endangered frogs spoke recently to a community meeting in Whangamata. Dr Phil Bishop expressed strong support for protecting the region's native frog habitat from mining.

The world's most ancient frogs may soon be mined to extinction, if the New Zealand government's plans to open up a conservation area for mining go ahead, conservation biologists warn. The world's most ...

She holds in the palm of her hand one of two frog species at the center of a legal battle against Ecuador's mining industry. Teran, 37, is a specialist in the fragile existence of a creature called ...

JUNÍN, Ecuador — On the banks of a crystalline waterfall, biologist Andrea Teran lets out a yelp. She holds in the palm of her hand one of two frog species at the centre of a legal battle against ...