The Panamanian golden frog was made extinct in the wild due to a deadly fungus called Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. A coalition of expert agencies successfully bred the frogs in captivity. In 2025, ...

Since 2009, no one has seen a Panamanian golden frog in the wild. These bright yellow frogs disappeared completely when an amphibian fungal disease, chytridiomycosis, swept through Panama reaching El ...

The last known time that someone saw bright yellow frogs bespeckled with black dots in Panama’s wilderness was in 2009. These Panamanian golden frogs probably succumbed to a fungal disease called ...

After disappearing from the wild due to a deadly fungal disease, the Panamanian golden frog is being reintroduced through the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project (PARC). In a recent trial ...

For a quarter of a century, Panamanian golden frogs were not seen in the wild. These brightly colored little amphibians had been wiped out by a fungal disease. Thankfully, experts at the Smithsonian’s ...