In a remarkable conservation effort, London Zoo has announced the successful breeding of 33 endangered Darwin's frogs, a species named after the renowned scientist Charles Darwin. These tiny froglets made an incredible journey from the forests of southern Chile to London, where they were born as part of a rescue mission to save the species from extinction.
Darwin's frogs have faced a severe population decline of 90% due to the devastating impact of chytrid fungus, a deadly disease that arrived in their habitat in 2023. This decline prompted a team of conservationists to travel to the Parque Tantauco forests in Chile in search of healthy frogs free from the infectious disease.
