Sandwiched between wet towels in temperature-monitored containers, a dozen critically endangered Loa water frogs were flown from Santiago to Calama earlier this month, the first step conservationists have taken to return the amphibians to their natural habitat in a river that runs through the world's driest desert. The frogs were on the verge of extinction in 2019 after water extraction from mining, agriculture and development, exacerbated by climate change, decimated their habitat.
Sandwiched between wet towels in temperature-monitored containers, a dozen critically endangered Loa water frogs were flown from Santiago to Calama earlier this month, the first step conservationists have taken to return the amphibians to their natural habitat in a river that runs through the world's driest desert. The frogs were on the verge of extinction in 2019 after water extraction from mining, agriculture and development, exacerbated by climate change, decimated their habitat.
