Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Biologist Justine Brumm stood on the side of U.S. Highway 30, waiting to cross. Scanning the horizon in both directions, an ...

BEND, Ore. — In 2012, Jay Bowerman received an exciting email from a friend. The message contained a photo of an Oregon spotted frog that the friend’s 6-year-old nephew, Brett Judish, had caught in ...

In 2012, Jay Bowerman received an exciting email from a friend. The message contained a photo of an Oregon spotted frog that the friend’s 6-year-old nephew, Brett Judish, had caught in Bend’s Old Mill ...

In a wetland near the banks of the Deschutes River, Jennifer O’Reilly stepped cautiously into half a foot of water in search of an elusive creature whose small size belies its importance. Crouching in ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — A U.S. Forest Service plan to expand cattle grazing in southern Oregon at the risk of extirpating imperiled Oregon spotted frogs landed at the Ninth Circuit on Thursday as ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A hundred imperiled northern leopard frogs will be hopping back into the wild soon, thanks to a recovery program at the Oregon Zoo. The rapidly growing tadpoles were brought to ...

Alan Zhou / OPB Plans to develop a new population of endangered frogs are hopping along in Eastern Washington. This month, nearly 100 northern leopard frogs reared at the Oregon Zoo were released into ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (Portland Tribune) — Each year, Northern red-legged frogs face a perilous journey to get to their breeding grounds as they risk getting squished into the asphalt lanes of U.S. Highway ...

What began just weeks ago in South Portland could spread far and wide on Saturday. It could make for a ribbit-ing scene. Inflatable frog and other animal costumes are expected to be spotted across the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Oregon Zoo release 100 northern leopard frogs into the wild in August to bolster the endangered species’ dwindling populations. The zoo already released more than 50 ...