Endangered giant burrowing frog returns to wild after tadpoles rescued from ashes of black summer fires

November 4, 2026 · 2:01 pm 1 sources

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• Endangered giant burrowing frog returns to wild after tadpoles rescued from ashes of black summer fires
  The Guardian · November 4, 2026 14:01
  Tadpoles collected from puddles in East Gippsland were transported to Melbourne zoo, where they were raised to metamorphosis and successfully bred in captivity for the first time After the 2019-20 black summer bushfires , scientists in eastern Victoria stumbled across something they had been after…