Frog discovery

YEARS of combing tropical mountain forests, shining flashlights under rocks and listening for croaks in the night have paid off for a team of Indian scientists that has discovered 12 new frog species plus three others thought to have been extinct.

It’s a find the team hopes will bring attention to India’s amphibians and their role in gauging the health of the environment.

Globally, 32% of the world’s known amphibian species are threatened with extinction, largely because of habitat loss or pollution, according to the group Global Wildlife Conservation.