Frogs: The Thin Green Line

Frogs: The Thin Green Line

60 mins | Documentary, Family | April 5, 2009

An examination of the extinction threat faced by frogs, which have hopped on Earth for some 250 million years and are a crucial cog in the ecosystem. Scientists believe they've pinpointed a cause for the loss of many of the amphibians: the chytrid fungus, which flourishes in high altitudes. Unfortunately, they don't know how to combat it. Included: an isolated forest in Panama that has yet to be touched by the fungus, thus enabling frogs to live and thrive as they have for eons.

Frogs: The Thin Green Line

60 mins | Documentary, Family | April 5, 2009

Frogs: The Thin Green Line
An examination of the extinction threat faced by frogs, which have hopped on Earth for some 250 million years and are a crucial cog in the ecosystem. Scientists believe they've pinpointed a cause for the loss of many of the amphibians: the chytrid fungus, which flourishes in high altitudes. Unfortunately, they don't know how to combat it. Included: an isolated forest in Panama that has yet to be touched by the fungus, thus enabling frogs to live and thrive as they have for eons.
Producers Public Broadcasting Service
Original title Frogs: The Thin Green Line
Directors Allison Argo
Writers Indrani Datta, Allison Argo

Cast

Allison Argo

as Narrator