Last August we spoke about researchers traveling the globe in search for lost Frog species. Their target was 100 lost frogs, the succeeded in finding 4 of those and concluded that the other 96 species were in fact extinct. “Rediscoveries provide reason for hope for these species, but the flip side of the coin is that the vast majority of species that teams were looking for were not found. This is a reminder that we are in the midst of what is being called the Sixth Great Extinction with species disappearing at 100 to 1000 times the historic rate—and amphibians are really at the forefront of this extinction wave,” said Dr. Robin Moore “We need to turn these discoveries and rediscoveries into an opportunity to stem the crisis by focusing on protecting one of the most vulnerable groups of animals and their critical habitats.”