Washington U. Biologists Give Wood Frogs New Lease on Life

Some biologists at Washington University here have helped a declining local frog population to bounce back.

A team headed by Owen J. Sexton, an emeritus professor of biology, has reintroduced wood frogs to the area, where they hadn't been seen since 1911. The wood frog is common throughout northern and eastern North America.

The professor's work is described in Status and Conservation of Midwestern Amphibians, a book published

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