The jewel-like lakes of the High Sierra in Yosemite National Park are awe-inspiring sights. But for more than a hundred years they've also been biologically disrupted, stocked each year with ...

On August 31, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) issued a final rule listing four distinct population segments (DPSs) of foothill yellow-legged frog (Rana boylii) under the federal ...

Up to only a few inches in length, with a lemon-hued belly, the foothill yellow-legged frog may seem unassuming. But its range once stretched from central Oregon to Baja California. In 2023, it was ...

Mountain yellow-legged frogs, long under threat from trout, people and disease, are getting new protections from state Fish and Game officials. The frogs live at elevation — in streams, rivers, creeks ...

Meet the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog (SNYLF)! As its name suggests, this small frog is native to the Sierra Nevada. Unfortunately, this species has seen population declines due to the widespread ...

Shortly after World War II, California fish managers had a brainstorm: They loaded juvenile trout into airplanes and saturation-bombed naturally fishless lakes in the High Sierra Mountains of ...

The yellow-spotted tree frog is also known as the yellow-spotted bell frog, the New England swamp frog or the tablelands bell frog. It’s listed on the Red List of the International Union for ...

Foothill yellow-legged frogs are striking stream-dwelling amphibians with a distinctive lemon-yellow color under their legs. They live in Pacific drainages from the upper reaches of the Willamette ...

State fish and game officials are considering adding yellow-legged frogs to California's endangered species list. Two species of yellow-legged frog – one in the Sierra Nevada, one more commonly found ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— In response to a Center for Biological Diversity petition and lawsuits, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected four populations of foothill yellow-legged frogs in ...