Whit Gibbons, who has conducted reptile and amphibian research at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory at the Savannah River Site since 1967. UGA operates the lab under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy. The producers, Argo Aaronson Films, filmed parts of the segment at the Savannah River Site last year. However, there is a real decline of amphibians because of habitat loss across the globe. This episode of Explorer is particularly timely as news of grotesquely deformed frogs in Minnesota lakes is grabbing headlines across the nation.
Chemical contaminants are a suspected cause.