TUCSON, Ariz.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed 11,136 acres of critical habitat today in Arizona and New Mexico for the threatened Chiricahua leopard frog. “Protecting critical habitat is ...

The Phoenix Zoo recently released 1,000 tadpoles into the Tonto National Forest, part of a program to save the threatened Chiricahua leopard frog. The zoo collects eggs every year, and those eggs ...

The little froglets and tadpoles were going home to the Huachuca Mountains in Southeastern Arizona. Filled with seemingly endless hops and squiggles, the young Chiricahua leopard frogs were packed in ...

When a Chiricahua leopard frog wants attention, it snores — at least, its distinctive call sounds like a snore. But the sound of snoring around desert streams, springs and even stock tanks is a lot ...

TUCSON (KVOA) – The Chiricahua Leopard Frog is one of the many native species to southern Arizona. Now, the Center for Biological Diversity says it's on its way to being endangered. Right now, the ...

COCHISE COUNTY, Ariz. — From rattlesnakes to Gila monsters, scorpions to Sonoran toads and many more, Arizona is known for the many critters that call the state home. Now, there is one more to know ...

A batch of 1,000 rare tadpoles raised at the Phoenix Zoo landed in a new home at the Grasshopper Tank in the Tonto National Forest, part of ongoing efforts to boost the population of the threatened ...