‘The Forest Is My Home’: She Braved Rain, Leeches & Dark Nights To Check 3000+ Frogs for a Deadly Disease

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• Wildlife researcher Keerthi Krutha surveyed 49 protected areas and 19 other landscapes in the Western Ghats, documenting more than 3,000 amphibians.
• Working largely alone, she collected skin samples from frogs at night, crossing slippery rocks and streams and enduring leeches and rain.