The inbreeding, declining population of a frog tells the story of the state of South Carolina's wetlands.

Dusky Gopher Frog tadpoles on display in an aquarium at the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge visitor center. (Paula O'Briant/USFWS) (CN) — Step along the banks of a small seasonal ...

Sep. 10—TIFTON — South Georgians are accustomed to spotting gopher tortoises slowly navigating the area landscape. But gopher frogs have been slowly disappearing from southern pinelands for decades.

Gopher frog habitat is shrinking, but the Edenton National Fish Hatchery is helping them survive. North Carolina is giving endangered gopher frogs a head start. The Wildlife Resources Commission and ...

Dusky gopher frogs are adorably winsome with big eyes, round stomachs and a call that sounds like a post-dinner snore—and they’re one of the rarest amphibians in the United States. Habitat loss, ...

The Supreme Court dealt a setback to the endangered dusky gopher frog on Tuesday, wiping away a lower court opinion that favored protections for the three-inch amphibian and directing the lower courts ...

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up a case concerning the United States Fish and Wildlife Services designation of approximately 1,600 privately owned acres in Louisiana as a “critical ...

The dusky gopher frog is headed to the Supreme Court. That's the plan after the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday denied a petition to re-hear a case that pits a group of St. Tammany ...

South Carolina's wetlands are crucial for wildlife, filtering pollutants, and reducing flood risks. A 2023 Supreme Court decision removed federal protections for millions of acres of the state's ...