JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation is reminding Show-Me-State residents of this year’s upcoming frogging season. Frogging season for 2025 in Missouri begins June 30 at ...

Frog gigging — hunting with a three-pronged spear — is a dying art that nevertheless draws thousands to Missouri marshes in search of a tasty treat with deep cultural roots. It’s the middle of the ...

JEFFERSON CITY, MO (KFVS) - The Missouri Department of Conservation announced Missouri's annual frog season is set to open at sundown on June 30. Legal game frog species in Missouri are the bullfrog ...

The American bullfrog is a common sight during summer in Southeast Missouri. It often is seen leaping into the water along streams, ponds and lakes. This frog can grow to about 8 inches in length, ...

In Missouri, about a third of the ponds are infected with chytrid, the notorious skin fungus that has sickened and killed amphibians in other parts of the world. Why only a third, scientists wondered?

The skin fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), also known as amphibian chytrid, first made its presence felt in 1993 when dead and dying frogs began turning up in Queensland, Australia. Since ...