The call of a native frog is heard again in Southern California thanks to help from Mexico and AI
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Herpetologist David Mora reaches for a red-legged froglet in a restoration pond that is part of a cross-border effort to bring back the native species in both Baja California, Mexico, and Southern California, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, on a ranch outside of El Coyote, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)A red-legged froglet peeks out in a restoration pond that is part of a cross-border effort to bring back the native species in both Baja California, Mexico, and Southern California, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, on a ranch outside of El Coyote, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)Biologist Adam Backlin looks for red-legged frogs and eggs along the edge of a restoration pond as part of cross-border efforts to bring back the species to Southern California by transplanting eggs from ponds in Baja California, Mexico, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, outside of Murrieta, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)Herpetologist Brad Hollingsworth holds a container of red-legged frogs, part of the collection at the San Diego Museum of Natural History, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in San Diego. Hollingsworth uses data from the collection in a cross-border effort to bring back the species to Southern California by transplanting eggs from Baja California, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)A red-legged froglet peeks out from a restoration pond that is part of a cross-border effort to bring back the native species in both Baja California, Mexico, and Southern California, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, on a ranch outside of El Coyote, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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Herpetologist David Mora reaches for a red-legged froglet in a restoration pond that is part of a cross-border effort to bring back the native species in both Baja California, Mexico, and Southern California, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, on a ranch outside of El Coyote, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
