Operation Frog Pond

Frog Ponds Help Endangered Species Close to Home

Linda Lombardi (Associated Press)

When you hear about animals in danger of extinction, you probably picture exotic places from nature shows. But Brent Brock saw the problem closer to home when he returned to a city park pond in Topeka, Kan., that was home to thousands of frogs when he was a kid.

"It looks the same, but there are no frogs," he says.