by Susan | Oct 26, 2010 | Contests, Frogs Are Green contests, Kids Art Contest
Just a reminder that you still have time to enter our Kids’ Art Contest and Photo Contest! 2010 Frogs Are Green Kids’ Art Contest Contest theme: IT IS EASY BEING GREEN! Your artwork can be about frogs and how we can help them, or it can be about ways we...
by Susan | Oct 12, 2010 | FROGS ARE GREEN Top 10 LISTS, Learn about Frogs, Life Cycle of Frogs, Meet the Frogs, Read about Frogs, Teaching Kids about Frogs, Uncategorized
You might be familiar only with the green frogs or brown toads that live in nearby ponds or woods. But frogs and toads are among the most incredibly diverse animals on earth. Here are just a few of the weirdest and most unusual frogs and toads: Tomato frog (D....
by Susan | Oct 7, 2010 | BP oil spill, Chemicals in the Environment, Gulf Coast Oil Spill
The life of a sea turtle hatchling isn’t easy. After they hatch out of leathery eggs in a nest, buried deep in the sand, they move immediately toward the light above the ocean, scramble into the surf, and swim for a couple of days straight without stopping....
by Susan | Sep 30, 2010 | Chemicals in the Environment, Environmental Health, frogs as bioindicators
According to the KOAT-TV blog (Albuquerque, NM), residents of Los Lunas, New Mexico, are concerned about dead and deformed frogs found in a pond in a park just a few feet from their homes. A frog with two extra legs As quoted in the report, a resident, who wants to...
by Susan | Sep 27, 2010 | Chytrid disease, Frog Conservation, Frogs as Pets, How You Can Help, Invasive Species, Uncategorized
In an effort to stem the spread of the deadly chytrid fungus that is wiping out amphibian populations, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is considering banning the importation of amphibians and their eggs without a permit certifying the animals are...
