While frogs may not be on our minds much, the species could be more threatened than you or I realize. Folks at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens just rolled out a new "Save the Frogs! Amphibian Conservation Center." It's a move to thwart the eventual extinction of frogs and other amphibians.

According to the World Conservation Unions’ Global Amphibian Assessment, one-third of the amphibians worldwide are threatened and 165 species are extinct. Reasons cited include ever-increasing loss of habitat, pollution and a fast-spreading infectious fungus. Oftentimes people look at swampy, mucky, yucky bogs and figure it would be no big deal to get rid of them in favor of a parking lot or hot dog stand, only to actually be destroying a nurturing habitat for present and future frogs and other helpful animals. If you catch wind of such an area being considered for such a fate, make your voice heard to the proper authorities.