Wyoming Toad

Once thought to be extinct, the Wyoming toad is making a comeback. Thanks, in part, to drastic conservation efforts. The wild population hasn't bounced back yet, but it's headed in the right direction.

By the mid-Seventies, biologists feared the Wyoming toad was extinct, but a small population was revealed in Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

The Refuge was formally established in 1993.

Biologists in Laramie are trying to save the Wyoming Toad. The toad is on the endangered species list, and a few years ago were on the way to total extinction.

The endangered Wyoming toad, already one of the rarest creatures in North America, is threatened by a disease that has devastated amphibian populations worldwide. Chytridiomycosis is a fungal disease that can decimate populations, and it has a tendency to disproportionately affect unique species like the Wyoming toad...