As this tiny frog disappears from Canada, conservationist warn fast-tracking bills put more species at risk

As this tiny frog disappears from Canada, conservationist warn fast-tracking bills put more species at risk

The Blanchard's Cricket Frog is so tiny it can fit on your thumb, and the distinctive call for which it is named would make it easy to hear — if it hadn't recently been declared locally extinct in its wetland habitat of southwestern Ontario. Thomas Hossie, assistant professor of

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