Melbourne Zoo scientists are involved in the first captive conservation program for the giant burrowing frog The rare frog, Heleioporos australiacus, is found in remote parts of East Gippsland ...

Fossorial frogs aren’t rare. In fact, there are at least a dozen named species found around the world, including the giant burrowing frog in Australia and multiple shovelnose frogs located in ...

There’s hope for the giant burrowing frog after Melbourne Zoo successfully collected tadpoles to begin a breeding program. Melbourne Zoo has established the first ever captive breeding program for the ...

Focusing on nine threatened species, the researchers found that those in rainforest habitats were most significantly affected by the fires – specifically the pouched frog, the giant burrowing ...

IT had disappeared for more than a decade, but now a rare species of frog has reappeared in Pittwater. This giant burrowing frog was found in Ingleside Chase Reserve, North Narrabeen, during a ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. I looked up these frogs in the field guide and it said they were "slow-moving" and "very plump ...