The golden toad, native to Costa Rica, has not been officially seen in over 36 years. A 2022 IPCC report named climate change a key driver in the golden toad's extinction. Researchers debated whether ...
The Golden Toad of Costa Rica’s Monteverde cloud forest, once abundant and brilliantly colored, declined rapidly after the late 1980s. A drying climate linked to El Niño, along with the spread of ...
Those lucky enough to have seen them will never forget. For just a few days every year, the elfin cloud forest of Costa Rica came alive with crowds of golden toads the length of a child's thumb, ...