hope-for-the-planet:

aquadraco20:

typhlonectes:

This tiny toad is the world’s first Puerto Rican crested toad hatched from in-vitro fertilization (IVF) utilizing frozen semen collected from the wild.

The Fort Worth Zoo and its partners from Mississippi State University came together at the Fort Worth Zoo this summer to continue their efforts with assisted reproduction technology (ART) for critically endangered amphibians. For the first time ever, they were able to successfully conduct IVF using the eggs from two Zoo females and frozen semen from six wild males. To celebrate this conservation success, the first egg to be fertilized and hatched has been named Olaf!

Read more: https://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2019/12/meet-olaf-the-ivf-toad.html

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Thanks for the tag @aquadraco20!

What a huge step for assisted reproduction of endangered frog species!