The defiant quest to find a frog declared extinct

Nature · Published 29 October 2026 Swipe more like this →

In short: When a global amphibian plague threatened to erase entire species, one ecologist refused to accept the finality of extinction. This video follows her journey to locate the elusive Panamanian Golden Frog.

Ecologist Jamie Voyles led a mission to find the Panamanian Golden Frog, a national symbol that had been wiped out by a devastating disease affecting amphibians worldwide. Her work highlights the persistence of conservation efforts in the face of rapid biodiversity loss.

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