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We are excited to introduce the   Critter Café   to our educational program line-up this year. Critter Café is an informal educational experience for young ones (Ages 0-5) and their parents to learn about and experience reptiles and amphibians. Each month, a brief presentation is followed by lots of supervised handling time with salamanders, frogs, turtles, lizards, and snakes. A different group is explored each month! Handling isn't required, as our goal is to provide a safe learning experience for children and their parents to explore these fascinating animals at their own pace. This program is available for children who are still too young to participate in our other programs like   Critter Camp . This is not a drop-off program, rather an opportunity for parents and children to learn about these animals together. Coffee, tea, and cocoa is provided for the parents.   The Critter Café´ meets on the last Sunday of each month from 2-4pm at the Amphibian Foun...

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This year, the Amphibian Foundation and partners (Florida Fish and Wildlife, Orianne Society, Detroit Zoo, and others) received a Conservation Wildlife Tag grant to support captive breeding efforts for the imperiled Striped Newt ( Notophthalmus perstriatus ). The support has gone towards improvements int he captive propagation facilities, and in the establishment of a large Daphnia culturing facility to produce live food for both the adult and larval newts. A paedomorphic adult newt in the Amphibian Lab at the Amphibian Foundation Yesterday, we completed the next phase by moving the colony into our Amphibian Lab, a climate controlled facility where temperature and photoperiod can be optimized for the health of the newts. Luckily, we had a great team to help us with task that involved moving large amounts of water (always fun) as well as a good amount of bleach, and gingerly moving these newts into their new home Amanda (left), Javiera (middle) and Abby (right) obviously ...