Frog of the Week

So there are several species of frogs that have evolved to be so small that their vestibular balance system doesn't work well and I'm sorry but it's the funniest thing to watch them try to jump.

Remaining Caffeine effect time now rolls over to next waking period

Updated friends' voice lines to more clearly indicate "Sarcasm" tone

"Little Treat" mood buff now lasts twice as long

It is now Good to pick at your skin all the time

Added ability to mute Annoying Coworker

This season, the Houston Zoo released more than one million Houston Toad eggs into protected habitat in Bastrop County—one of the program’s most productive seasons yet.

Working with Texas Parks and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and our colleagues at Dallas Zoo and Fort Worth Zoo we are helping this endangered species recover in its remaining east-central Texas range. This year, we also introduced a major innovation to our Houston Toad Recovery Program: custom egg-counting software, developed in collaboration with Houston medical physicist Dr. Moiz Ahmad. By using photos to quickly and accurately count thousands of eggs, this new tool helps us scale our impact and move our mission to inspire action to save wildlife forward.

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A Lake with Frogs

Mewar, North India, c.1720

Gouache heightened with gold on paper

Painting 7½ x 7 in. (19 x 17.6 cm); folio 10¼ x 8½ in. (26 x 21.6 cm)