View Related Episode: Amphibian Disease, Immersive Media, Oregon Garden Update, Vole Holes

Worldwide, a fungal skin disease called chytridiomycosis is decimating frogs and salamanders. The disease may be responsible for declines in some frog and salamander populations in Oregon, but a biologist finds that an ancient species of frog called the tail frog, which lives only in the Pacific Northwest, remains healthy.

First Broadcast: 2008
Producer: Jim Newman

Appeared in episode: Amphibian Disease, Immersive Media, Oregon Garden Update, Vole Holes

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Wolves return to Oregon in packs
by Ed Jahn | 11/20/2009
It seems like just yesterday I went to eastern ORegon to report on the “potential” for wolves to return to Oregon. That was in 2006 (episode 1607). Well, there have been reports all throughout the last year of wolves showing up, with a few videos offered as proof, followed by a wolf attack on livestock [...]
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