A group of women on lunch break Tuesday from their Royal Oak office thought it had to do with saving whales. Such is the plight of amphibians. People aren't sure what they are. And even when they do know, their knowledge is often painfully flimsy. For the record, whales are not amphibians.
Amphibians have dual habitats, dividing their time between land and water.
They are found in forests and plains and mountains and even in deserts. There are more than 4,000 species of frogs and toads alone. But for all their abundance, there is still a great deal we don't know about them. Like why they've been vanishing at such an alarming rate. That's where the Detroit Zoo comes in.