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Earth's early warning system is slowly disappearing.
Like canaries in mines, amphibians act as indicators that something serious is occurring in the environment.
How does this link to your life?
Because what's happening to frogs today may very well indicate what will happen to other living things tomorrow.
What is the Smithsonian Biodiversity Program doing
about it?
As part of the Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force, the Smithsonian supports study of the startling large-scale decline of amphibian populations from protected habitats.
