However, many species of frogs and toads are in major decline across the world due to climate change, disease, and wetland destruction. The Queens Zoo and Bronx Zoo are two of the many participating AZA-accredited facilities.įrogs and toads play an important role in the environment, serving as both prey and predator in wetland ecosystems and are considered to be reliable indicators of environmental health. Frogwatch USA is a national citizen-science program administered by the AZA where individuals learn about wetlands in their communities and help identify where local populations of native frogs and toads are living by reporting their unique and individual calls. New York – Ma– Just in time for “Leap Day,” the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo and Queens Zoo have partnered with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) to lead a citizen-science program to monitor frogs – many of which are unfortunately not able to leap out of the path of rapidly approaching extinction.Ĭalled Frogwatch USA, the program will engage New Yorkers through hands-on work, data collection, and field trips to local natural areas to survey frogs. New York locations of one native cricket frogs have dropped from 25 to only three or four over the last decade Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx and Queens Zoos, along with Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), partner on citizen-science program to study diminishing frog species

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