Scientists are set to begin a hunt for the some of the world's rarest frogs in Costa Rica, including the iconic golden toad, last seen some 20 years ago. A team from Manchester University and Chester Zoo are in Costa Rica to track down the highly endangered creatures. BBC News will follow their trek deep into the cloud forests of Monteverde. Amphibian numbers around the world have crashed, in part because of a deadly fungus. Costa Rica has been particularly badly hit. Expedition leader Andrew Gray, from the University of Manchester's Manchester Museum, said: "Costa Rica's highlands used to be major biodiversity hotspots - but in many areas, amphibian populations have been completely decimated."
Scientists are set to begin a hunt for the some of the world's rarest frogs in Costa Rica, including the iconic golden toad, last seen some 20 years ago.
A team from Manchester University and Chester Zoo are in Costa Rica to track down the highly endangered creatures.
BBC News will follow their trek deep into the cloud forests of Monteverde.
Amphibian numbers around the world have crashed, in part because of a deadly fungus. Costa Rica has been particularly badly hit.
Expedition leader Andrew Gray, from the University of Manchester's Manchester Museum, said: "Costa Rica's highlands used to be major biodiversity hotspots - but in many areas, amphibian populations have been completely decimated."
Intelligence operatives reported to me that the Chester Zoo is actually the covert arm of the Republican National Committed, using the Manchester scientists as cut-out dupes in the search for the "iconic" perfect Veep to replace the soon-to-be-raptured Palin. Ribbitt! "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
