In southeast Wyoming's Mortenson Lake, there's a death match going on between the amphibian chytrid fungus and the Wyoming toad, one of the most endangered amphibians in the United States. Observers ...

The Wyoming toad, which evolved to live in a small slice of southeastern Wyoming, is one of the most endangered amphibians in North America. But now, at least, it will have more room to recover: On ...

The Endangered Species Act is facing a growing number of calls for significant changes. Momentum in Congress and in western states is building to give states more of a say when making changes to the ...

The Detroit Zoological Society’s breeding program for the Wyoming toad has produced a record 3,945 tadpoles for release into the wild in its efforts to preserve the federally endangered amphibian.

MORTENSON LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE — In this high and marshy landscape of plains lakes southwest of Laramie lies a haven for the federally endangered Wyoming toad. Mortenson Lake National ...

Federal authorities have unveiled the establishment of two recently inaugurated national wildlife refuges in Wyoming and Tennessee, serving as critical sanctuaries for endangered and threatened ...

Wyoming toads are rare and, in the wild, live only in a wildlife refuge west of Laramie. Scientists thought them to be extinct in the wild just a couple of decades ago. But an effort that the Cheyenne ...

Federal wildlife officials released almost a thousand small, green Wyoming toads Wednesday, in a bid to restore a species once thought extinct. It was the largest release of adult toads in the state, ...

Como Park Zoo released its most critically endangered amphibian -- the Wyoming toad -- back into the wild Thursday. In an effort to preserve the rare toad, the St. Paul zoo placed more than 1,300 ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Two newly created national wildlife refuges in Tennessee and Wyoming will help protect habitats for threatened and endangered species such as toads, bats, shrimp and salamanders, ...

Two weeks ago, Como Zoo workers packaged up 4,002 Wyoming toad tadpoles and sent them off, via FedEx overnight, to be released in the wilds of Wyoming. They arrived in good condition. Como is one of ...

This article was originally featured on High Country News. The Wyoming toad, which evolved to live in a small slice of southeastern Wyoming, is one of the most endangered amphibians in North America.