by Susan | Jul 20, 2009 | Chemicals in the Environment, Environmental Health, Living a Frog-Friendly Life
Last week I wrote about Atrazine, an endocrine disruptor used widely in pesticides. These chemicals, which mimic human hormones, have been connected with genital deformities in fish, frogs, and possibly newborn baby boys. This week I’m writing about endocrine...
by Susan | Jul 17, 2009 | Frogs Are Green contests, Meet the Frogs
Sometimes it seems that the charismatic frogs get all the attention (like our mascot, the red-eyed tree frog). But the more ordinary frogs with muted colors have a beauty all their own. Recently, my husband John and younger son Tim took a trip to New Hampshire where...
by Susan | Jul 16, 2009 | Chemicals in the Environment, Environmental Health, Frog People
In my post Rachel Carson’s Legacy, I wrote about widely-used chemicals called endocrine disruptors that are causing deformities in fish and frogs, and are linked to an increase in genital deformities in newborn baby boys. When reading about endocrine disruptors,...
by Susan | Jul 15, 2009 | People Helping Frogs and Toads
Citizens of Chilliwack, BC, Canada, have closed off roads to protect Western toadlets on their annual migration. The toads breed in wetlands, but must migrate across a busy road to reach the forested areas where they spend the rest of the summer and winter. Over a...
by Susan | Jul 14, 2009 | Life Cycle of Frogs
Well, its a marvelous night for a moondance With the stars up above in your eyes A fantabulous night to make romance…. The BBC Earth News reported today that biologist Rachel Grant of the Open University has discovered amphibians around the world synchronize...
