Never mind the butterflies, here's the frogs. The American Museum of Natural History has brought back its must-see exhibit Frogs: A Chorus of Colors. They've got over 200 frogs on hand for your enjoyment, representing approximately 25 species from around the world. We checked out these frogs last time they popped up at the museum and can't recommend them highly enough: go peer through the glass at their bulging, lucid eyes and you might discover a new-found affinity for these fascinating creatures—a third of which face extinction, thanks to us.
The vivarium is equipped with "frog cams" at two different viewing stations that let you zoom in on individual frogs, getting extreme close-ups as they stare suspiciously back at you. There's a soundscape featuring the calls of more than 20 species, underscoring the unusual and bizarre vocalizations made by these resilient amphibians, which have jumped around the earth for more than 200 million years—since at least the time of the dinosaurs. And the exhibit also emphasizes the crisis amphibians face as a result of habitat loss, pollution, climate change, over-collection, emerging diseases, and the widespread chytrid fungus.
A Chorus of Colors, which continues through the end of the year, also showcases more than 80 dart-poison frogs, including Bumblebee poison frogs, Strawberry poison frogs, Blue poison frogs, Phantasmal poison frogs, and the newly-featured Campaña poison frogs. We'll show you those later in the week; for now take a look at these non-dart frogs, who can live up to two decades in these recreations of their natural habitats. The Museum stresses that all frogs displayed in the exhibition have been bred in captivity in order to protect wild populations.
Suggested general admission, which supports the Museum’s scientific and educational endeavors and includes 46 Museum halls and the Rose Center for Earth and Space, is $16 (adults) suggested, $12 (students/seniors) suggested, $9 (children) suggested.
