Breathing life into an extinct species: Ancient DNA cracks the case

The Vegas Valley Leopard Frog is the only North American frog officially considered to have gone extinct in recent history (c. 1942). But through the efforts of a multi-agency genetic investigation comprised of dedicated researchers from the Las Vegas Springs Preserve, Fordham University, University of Nevada Las Vegas, University of Arizona, Arizona Game and Fish Department, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Tulane University it has been discovered that the frog is not extinct, but genetically identical to a species located 250 miles away from Las Vegas.

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