Airlifting Darwin’s Wildlife Legacy To Safety - Nkoz Photo

Airlifting Darwin’s Wildlife Legacy To Safety - Nkoz Photo

Recently, London’s Heathrow airport welcomed some unlikely visitors: dozens of small frogs named after Charles Darwin.  The amphibians, which are under threat from the deadly chytrid fungus, which causes an infectious disease called chytridiomycosis, had endured an epically long journey from South America.  Transported from Chile’s Tantauco Park, located in the south of Chiloé Island, the frogs then took a six-hour boat ride to the mainland, fol…