Endangered giant burrowing frog returns to wild after tadpoles rescued from ashes of black summer fires
<p>Tadpoles collected from puddles in East Gippsland were transported to Melbourne zoo, where they were raised to metamorphosis and successfully bred in captivity for the first time</p><p>After the 2019-20 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2025/feb/10/black-summer-after-the-fires-andrew-odwyer-geoffrey-keaton-death-toll-five-