According to a study published in the journal Conservation Biology, from 200 million to over 1 billion wild and farmed frogs are killed every year to meet the international demand for their legs.

The letter argued that the international trade in frog legs was “a major threat” to several species and risked causing “cascade extinction effects”. Capturing wild frogs for commercial ...

leopard frogs were widely collected not only for dissection but for the food industry (frog legs) as well. However, massive declines beginning in the early 1970s, particularly in Canada and the ...

the Oregon spotted frog was on the U.S. candidate list for 23 years before it federal protection in the United States. Named for the black spots that cover its head, back, sides and legs, the species ...