London Zoo is celebrating the birth of 33 tiny endangered froglets after they traveled thousands of miles from the forests of southern Chile to London.

More than 30 endangered froglets have been born at London Zoo after a dramatic 7,000-mile rescue mission saw their parents extracted from their fungus-threatened native habitat. The Darwin ’s frog, named after Charles Darwin,

The Darwin's frog, named after Charles Darwin, faces extinction after the introduction of the chytrid fungus to their habitat.

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.

This is a landmark moment in our work to protect the Darwin’s frog from the devastating impact of chytrid fungus,’ said Ben Tapley.