The birth of 33 frogs at the London Zoo has been hailed as a “landmark moment” in the ongoing battle to save an endangered species that was first described by Charles Darwin during his epic voyage on HMS Beagle in the early 1800s.

An endangered species of frog named after Charles Darwin has been saved from extinction - thanks to London Zoo. A deadly fungus was threatening to wipe out Darwin’s frog in its native Chile. But a 7,000-mile rescue mission has resulted in 33 precious new froglets being born at London Zoo,

This is the Southern Darwin Frog, named after the famed scientist. The creatures were first discovered in Chile in 1841, but recently they nearly went extinct after the chytrid fungus wiped out 90% of the species.