The dusky gopher frog is a somewhat defenseless creature, confined these days to a handful of pampered ponds in a Mississippi forest and at “serious risk of extinction,” according to a ...

SUCCESS, Miss.— When does the mood strike for a dusky gopher frog? In the winter or spring. At night. When the water in a unique kind of pond in a distinct kind of forest is at a specific depth ...

Growing up in 'magic' ponds and retiring underground — such is the life of the Carolina gopher frog. Conservationists don't know if they can save them.

Pick up a Mississippi gopher frog and it covers its eyes with its forefeet, like someone afraid to see what's coming next. And for at least a decade, it's had good reason not to look. This year ...

U nanimity is elusive in today’s America but the Supreme Court achieved it last week. Although the dusky gopher frog is endangered, so are property rights and accountable governance. Both would ...

Gopher frogs spend most of their lives underground, in burrows created by gopher tortoises — hence their name. Once prevalent throughout Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, dusky gopher frogs are ...

The state Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has voted to add the Mississippi gopher frog to Louisiana's list of endangered reptiles and amphibians and to protect Eastern diamondback rattlesnakes ...

A critically endangered frog that was on the verge of extinction not long ago has made a comeback, thanks to scientists. The dusky gopher frog, native to Mississippi and known for its snore-like ...

Omaha's zoo is helping to keep gopher frogs from going extinct Inside the Amphibian Conservation Area are many species of rare animals, including an endangered frog the zoo is helping to breed.

The endangered dusky gopher frog lost a round at the Supreme Court Tuesday, but its fate is not yet final.

The Dusky Gopher Frog was until recently on the verge of extinction, with fewer than 50 estimated specimens in the wild in 2005. Now, a reproduction and habitat restoration program is beginning to see ...