Illustration - Versailles

Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) CASTLE OF VERSAILLES. AERIAL VIEW OF THE BASIN OF LATONE, MOTHER OF DIANE AND APOLLO (WHICH SHE HOLDS WITH HER). SHEPHERDS HAVING PREVENTED HIS CHILDREN FROM PLAYING IN THE WATER OF A SPRING, LATONE, MAD WITH RAGE, TRANSFORMED THE IMPORTONES INTO FROGS Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Versailles

Illustration - Versailles

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) AERIAL VIEW OF THE WEST FACADE OF THE CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES. IN THE FOREGROUND, THE BASIN OF LATONE (MOTHER OF DIANA AND APOLLO, WHICH SHE HOLDS WITH HER). SHEPHERDS HAVING PREVENTED HIS CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR A SPRING, LATONE, MAD WITH RAGE, TRANSFORMED THE IMPORTONES INTO FROGS (SCULPTURES THAT YOU SEE ALL AROUND) Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Patrimoine

Illustration Patrimoine

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) PALACE OF VERSAILLES, LATONA'S FOUNTAIN. INSPIRED BY OVID'S METAMORPHOSES, LATONA'S FOUNTAIN ILLUSTRATES THE LEGEND OF THE MOTHER OF APOLLO AND DIANA PROTECTING HER CHILDREN FROM THE INSULTS OF THE LYCIAN PEASANTS AND ASKING JUPITER TO AVENGE HER. HE DID SO BY TURNING THEM INTO FROGS AND LIZARDS. Photo by Jean-Francois Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Aerial View of France

Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) AERIAL VIEW OF THE WEST FACADE OF THE CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES. IN THE FOREGROUND, THE BASIN OF LATONE (MOTHER OF DIANA AND APOLLO, WHICH SHE HOLDS WITH HER). SHEPHERDS HAVING PREVENTED HIS CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR A SPRING, LATONE, MAD WITH RAGE, TRANSFORMED THE IMPORTONES INTO FROGS (SCULPTURES THAT YOU SEE ALL AROUND) Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Aerial View of France

Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) CASTLE OF VERSAILLES. AERIAL VIEW OF THE BASIN OF LATONE, MOTHER OF DIANE AND APOLLO (WHICH SHE HOLDS WITH HER). SHEPHERDS HAVING PREVENTED HIS CHILDREN FROM PLAYING IN THE WATER OF A SPRING, LATONE, MAD WITH RAGE, TRANSFORMED THE IMPORTONES INTO FROGS Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Frog migration

Frog migration

04.04.2025, Tallinn. From April 4 to May 2, traffic will be closed overnight from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. on a section of Astangu tänav in Tallinn's Haabersti to ensure a safe migration route for frogs heading to nearby ponds to spawn. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

Frog migration

Frog migration

04.04.2025, Tallinn. From April 4 to May 2, traffic will be closed overnight from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. on a section of Astangu tänav in Tallinn's Haabersti to ensure a safe migration route for frogs heading to nearby ponds to spawn. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

Frog migration

Frog migration

04.04.2025, Tallinn. From April 4 to May 2, traffic will be closed overnight from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. on a section of Astangu tänav in Tallinn's Haabersti to ensure a safe migration route for frogs heading to nearby ponds to spawn. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

Frog migration

Frog migration

02.04.2025, Tartu. A safe migration route for frogs heading to nearby ponds to spawn. Every spring, thousands of frogs and newts migrate from their southern wintering grounds to ponds to reproduce. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

Frog migration

Frog migration

02.04.2025, Tartu. A safe migration route for frogs heading to nearby ponds to spawn. Every spring, thousands of frogs and newts migrate from their southern wintering grounds to ponds to reproduce. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

Frog migration

Frog migration

02.04.2025, Tartu. A safe migration route for frogs heading to nearby ponds to spawn. Every spring, thousands of frogs and newts migrate from their southern wintering grounds to ponds to reproduce. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

Frog migration

Frog migration

02.04.2025, Tartu. A safe migration route for frogs heading to nearby ponds to spawn. Every spring, thousands of frogs and newts migrate from their southern wintering grounds to ponds to reproduce. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

Frog migration

Frog migration

02.04.2025, Tartu. A safe migration route for frogs heading to nearby ponds to spawn. Every spring, thousands of frogs and newts migrate from their southern wintering grounds to ponds to reproduce. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

Frog migration

Frog migration

02.04.2025, Tartu. A safe migration route for frogs heading to nearby ponds to spawn. Every spring, thousands of frogs and newts migrate from their southern wintering grounds to ponds to reproduce. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

Frog migration

Frog migration

02.04.2025, Tartu. A safe migration route for frogs heading to nearby ponds to spawn. Every spring, thousands of frogs and newts migrate from their southern wintering grounds to ponds to reproduce. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

Frog migration

Frog migration

02.04.2025, Tartu. A safe migration route for frogs heading to nearby ponds to spawn. Every spring, thousands of frogs and newts migrate from their southern wintering grounds to ponds to reproduce. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

The Supilinna Pond

The Supilinna Pond

02.07.2024, Tartu. The Supilinna Pond formed in the 1950s, when land was taken from the right bank of the Emajõgi River for construction. Since then, the watering hole has become an important site for both the residents of Supilinn and many species. The Supilinna Pond covers an area of nearly 2.5 hectares and is home to a large number of frogs. Many of the locals instead refer to it as frog lake. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

The Supilinna Pond

The Supilinna Pond

02.07.2024, Tartu. The Supilinna Pond formed in the 1950s, when land was taken from the right bank of the Emajõgi River for construction. Since then, the watering hole has become an important site for both the residents of Supilinn and many species. The Supilinna Pond covers an area of nearly 2.5 hectares and is home to a large number of frogs. Many of the locals instead refer to it as frog lake. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

Visitors experience Maguai Festival in S. China

STORY: Visitors experience Maguai Festival in S. China DATELINE: Feb. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the celebrations of Maguai Festival STORYLINE: In Donglan County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Chinese and foreign visitors experienced the Maguai Festival celebrations staged by local Zhuang ethnic villagers. The festival is celebrated around the second day of the second lunar month, which fell on Tuesday this year. "Maguai" means frogs in local language, which represent prosperity and wealth to the Zhuang ethnic people. The festival involves special activities to worship the creatures. The Maguai Festival has been listed as one of China's national intangible cultural heritages. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nanning, China. (XHTV)

Green tree frogs head for tree to lay eggs

Green tree frogs head for tree to lay eggs

KAWAUCHI, Japan, June 17 Kyodo - A pair of forest green tree frogs move on the dried-out Hebusu-numa marsh in the village of Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, to lay eggs on a tree on June 11, 2015. Fallen spawn is seen in the foreground.

Blue frogs

Blue frogs

OITA, Japan - Photo shows two blue tree frogs that were put on display at the Oita Marine Palace Aquarium Umitamago in the city of Oita, southwestern Japan, on May 28, 2013. The aquarium said the frogs, usually green, lack a yellow pigment due to a mutation.

Blue frogs

Blue frogs

OITA, Japan - Photo shows one of the two blue tree frogs that were put on display at the Oita Marine Palace Aquarium Umitamago in the city of Oita, southwestern Japan, on May 28, 2013. The aquarium said the frogs, usually green, lack a yellow pigment due to a mutation.

Blue frogs

Blue frogs

OITA, Japan - Photo shows two blue tree frogs that were put on display at the Oita Marine Palace Aquarium Umitamago in the city of Oita, southwestern Japan, on May 28, 2013. The aquarium said the frogs, usually green, lack a yellow pigment due to a mutation.

Blue frogs

Blue frogs

OITA, Japan - Photo shows one of the two blue tree frogs that were put on display at the Oita Marine Palace Aquarium Umitamago in the city of Oita, southwestern Japan, on May 28, 2013. The aquarium said the frogs, usually green, lack a yellow pigment due to a mutation.

Crested ibis sanctuary in China

Crested ibis sanctuary in China

BEIJING, China - A farmer is uses cattle to plow a rice field in a sanctuary for crested ibises in Yangxian, Shaanxi Province, in China, on Dec. 22, 2010. The lives of the ibises, which feed on loaches, frogs and insects in rice paddies, depend on farmers in the sanctuary who refrain from using agricultural chemicals.

Artificially-bred ibises thrive in wild of Sado Island

Artificially-bred ibises thrive in wild of Sado Island

TOKYO, Japan - An endangered crested ibis is about to land on a snow-covered rice paddy on Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture in January. The white bird is among 10 crested ibises that were released into the wild in September last year after being artificially bred on the island. The ibis appears to have learned how to find food such as frogs, according to an Environment Ministry-led monitoring team. The crested ibis, whose scientific name includes the word ''Nippon,'' which means Japan, is a closely monitored species in Japan.

Aussie state releases critically endangered frogs back into wild

STORY: Aussie state releases critically endangered frogs back into wild DATELINE: April 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of the frog STORYLINE: In its latest bid to restore the population of the endangered species, the government of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) announced on Tuesday the release of 100 critically endangered spotted tree frogs back into the wild. The frog species were completely wiped out in NSW in 2001 due to chytrid fungus, which causes sporadic deaths in frog colonies and affects frog populations around the globe. The new population of the frogs was bred in captivity after being sourced from areas of the Australian state of Victoria where they have displayed resistance to the disease. The release marks the first attempt to restore the species' population since the bushfires. They were released in Kosciuszko National Park, Australia's highest alpine environment. Environment NSW's partnership with Zoos Victoria and

Aussie state reintroduces critically endangered corroboree frog

STORY: Aussie state reintroduces critically endangered corroboree frog DATELINE: March 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the corroboree frogs STORYLINE: A project dubbed "Saving our Species" has seen 100 corroboree frogs reintroduced into the wild in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), in an effort to reinvigorate their dwindling population. The corroboree frog is a poisonous, ground-dwelling species endemic to small, sub-alpine areas of NSW. Their bright yellow and black markings make them highly recognizable and serve as a warning to predators. It was announced on Monday that 100 of the frogs were reintroduced into a purpose-built enclosure late last week in an effort to allow them to re-adapt to their wild environment. "These 100 corroboree frogs have been reintroduced to a purpose-built field enclosure at Kosciuszko National Park that protects them from the disease while allowing them to grow and thrive into the fu

AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-CORROBOREE FROG

AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-CORROBOREE FROG

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo taken on May 29, 2018 shows corroboree frog eggs. A project dubbed "Saving our Species" has seen 100 corroboree frogs reintroduced into the wild in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), in an effort to reinvigorate their dwindling population. TO GO WITH "Aussie state reintroduces critically endangered corroboree frog" (Taronga Zoo/Handout via Xinhua)

AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-CORROBOREE FROG

AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-CORROBOREE FROG

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo taken on Jan. 17, 2020 shows staff releasing corroboree frogs in New South Wales, Australia. A project dubbed "Saving our Species" has seen 100 corroboree frogs reintroduced into the wild in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), in an effort to reinvigorate their dwindling population. TO GO WITH "Aussie state reintroduces critically endangered corroboree frog" (Taronga Zoo/Handout via Xinhua)

AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-CORROBOREE FROG

AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-CORROBOREE FROG

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 5, 2022 shows corroboree frogs to be released into wild in New South Wales, Australia. A project dubbed "Saving our Species" has seen 100 corroboree frogs reintroduced into the wild in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), in an effort to reinvigorate their dwindling population. TO GO WITH "Aussie state reintroduces critically endangered corroboree frog" (Alex Pike/Taronga Zoo/Handout via Xinhua)

AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-CORROBOREE FROG

AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-CORROBOREE FROG

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 5, 2022 shows a corroboree frog to be released into the wild in New South Wales, Australia. A project dubbed "Saving our Species" has seen 100 corroboree frogs reintroduced into the wild in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), in an effort to reinvigorate their dwindling population. TO GO WITH "Aussie state reintroduces critically endangered corroboree frog" (Alex Pike/Taronga Zoo/Handout via Xinhua)

AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-CORROBOREE FROG

AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-CORROBOREE FROG

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 5, 2022 shows a corroboree frogs to be released into the wild in New South Wales, Australia. A project dubbed "Saving our Species" has seen 100 corroboree frogs reintroduced into the wild in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), in an effort to reinvigorate their dwindling population. TO GO WITH "Aussie state reintroduces critically endangered corroboree frog" (Alex Pike/Taronga Zoo/Handout via Xinhua)

AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-CORROBOREE FROG

AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-CORROBOREE FROG

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 5, 2022 shows corroboree frogs to be released into the wild in New South Wales, Australia. A project dubbed "Saving our Species" has seen 100 corroboree frogs reintroduced into the wild in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), in an effort to reinvigorate their dwindling population. TO GO WITH "Aussie state reintroduces critically endangered corroboree frog" (Alex Pike/Taronga Zoo/Handout via Xinhua)

Alice In Wonderland (2010)

Alice In Wonderland (2010)

Helena Bonham Carter Characters: The Red Queen Film: Alice In Wonderland (USA 2010) Director: Tim Burton 26 February 2010 Date: 26 February 2010

The Princess And The Frog (2009)

The Princess And The Frog (2009)

Ray, Frog Tiana & Frog Naveen Film: The Princess And The Frog (USA 2009) Director: Ron Clements & John Musker 25 November 2009 Date: 25 November 2009

The Princess And The Frog (2009)

The Princess And The Frog (2009)

Frog Tiana & Frog Naveen Film: The Princess And The Frog (USA 2009) Director: Ron Clements & John Musker 25 November 2009 Date: 25 November 2009

The Princess And The Frog (2009)

The Princess And The Frog (2009)

Frog Tiana & Frog Naveen Characters: , Film: The Princess And The Frog (USA 2009) Director: Ron Clements & John Musker 25 November 2009 Date: 25 November 2009

Frogs (1972)

Frogs (1972)

Ray Milland Characters: Jason Crockett Film: Frogs (1972) Director: George Mccowan 10 March 1972 Date: 10 March 1972

Frogs (1972)

Frogs (1972)

Frog Film: Frogs (1974) Director: George Mccowan 10 March 1972 Date: 10 March 1972

Frogs (1972)

Frogs (1972)

Adam Roarke Characters: Clint Crockett Film: Frogs (1972) Director: George Mccowan 10 March 1972 Date: 10 March 1972

Frogs (1972)

Frogs (1972)

Ray Milland Film: Frogs (1974) Director: George Mccowan 10 March 1972 Date: 10 March 1972

LES TRIPLETS DE BELLEVILLE

LES TRIPLETS DE BELLEVILLE

LES TRIPLETS DE BELLEVILLE [FR / BELG / CAN / BR 2003] aka BELLEVILLE RENDEZVOUS Date: 2003

FROGS

FROGS

FROGS Date: 1972

FROGS

FROGS

FROGS Date: 1972

Frogs at Juban Inari Jinja shrine in Tokyo

Frogs at Juban Inari Jinja shrine in Tokyo

Stone frogs in different sizes at Juban Inari Jinja, a Shinto shrine in Tokyo's Minato Ward, are seen on March 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Spawning habitat of green tree frogs dried out

Spawning habitat of green tree frogs dried out

Photo taken on June 11, 2015, shows the Hebusu-numa marsh in the village of Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Protected as a spawning habitat of forest green tree frogs, the marsh is dried out due to a lack of rain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Green tree frogs' spawn in dried-out marsh

Green tree frogs' spawn in dried-out marsh

Forest green tree frogs' spawn on a tree is seen over the dried-out Hebusu-numa marsh in the village of Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 11, 2015. Lack of rain threatens the lives of tadpoles. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Male, female green tree frogs lay eggs together

Male, female green tree frogs lay eggs together

A male green tree frog mounting a female frog is seen taking part in the latter laying eggs by clinging to tree leaves at the Hebusu-numa marsh in Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 1, 2015. The marsh is listed as a national natural treasure as a spawning ground for green tree frogs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Artificially-bred ibises thrive in wild of Sado Island

Artificially-bred ibises thrive in wild of Sado Island

TOKYO, Japan - An endangered crested ibis is about to land on a snow-covered rice paddy on Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture in January. The white bird is among 10 crested ibises that were released into the wild in September last year after being artificially bred on the island. The ibis appears to have learned how to find food such as frogs, according to an Environment Ministry-led monitoring team. The crested ibis, whose scientific name includes the word ''Nippon,'' which means Japan, is a closely monitored species in Japan. (Kyodo)