The premier, the poet and the fight to save an extraordinary Australian frog

As amphibian enthusiasts get ready to hop into FrogID Week, hope persists that one of Australia's most bizarre creatures may surviveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt's a story almost too preposterous to believe, starring a group of young uni students, an infamous state premier, a legendary Australian poet and an extinct frog which gave birth by vomiting its young - all at the dawn of the Australian conservation movement.Yet the tale of the southern gastric-brooding frog, which once inhabited the rainforest streams of the Conondale and Blackall ranges in south-east Queensland, continues to perplex and inspire a new generation of citizen scientists as they hop into FrogID Week. Continue reading...