Frogs: The Thin Green Line

Frogs: The Thin Green Line

PG 2009 · 60 min · ★ 6.0 · Documentary, Family, TV Movie

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.

Directed by Allison Argo · Written by Indrani Datta

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