by Susan | May 28, 2011 | Salamanders
We began this post as “The 10 Weirdest Salamanders and Newts,” but never got past what may be the weirdest salamander of them all: the Olm (Proteus anguinus), a blind amphibian native to the subterranean waters of caves of southern Europe. This animal is so strange...
by Susan | May 22, 2011 | Contests, Frog fun, Frog People, Frogs Are Green Photo Contests, Living a Frog-Friendly Life, Uncategorized
This summer we’d like to encourage you to get out and photograph amphibians while on vacation or near home, even in your own backyard! The beauty of photographing frogs and other amphibians is that you don’t have to go on a safari or travel to someplace...
by Susan | May 13, 2011 | Chemicals in the Environment, Creating a Wildlife Friendly Backyard, How You Can Help, Living a Frog-Friendly Life, People Helping Frogs and Toads, Uncategorized
Each spring at Frogs Are Green, we try to encourage people to create backyards (or gardens, if you’re English) that are friendly to wildlife and the environment, water-wise, and easy to maintain without using herbicides and pesticides. Imitate Nature It is possible to...
by Susan | May 4, 2011 | Frog fun, frog gifts, Frog People, How You Can Help, Literary Amphibians, Living a Frog-Friendly Life, People Helping Frogs and Toads, Save the Frogs Day, Uncategorized
On the morning of the April 29, I got up at dawn to watch the Royal Wedding. Because it was also the 3rd Annual Save the Frogs day, my mind was full of frogs, too. So frogs, princes, frog princes, and fairy tales were all mixed up in my mind. I was trying to find a...
by Susan | Apr 26, 2011 | Amphibian habitat loss, Amphibian research, Chemicals in the Environment, chytrid fungus, Climate change and frogs, Deforestation and amphibians, Deforestation and frogs, Frog and Toad Migration, frog calls, Frog Conservation, Frog People, frogs as bioindicators, Invasive Species, Learn about Frogs, Save the Frogs Day
One of our first posts at Frogs Are Green was about the coqui, a frog native to Puerto Rico, where it exists alongside several other species of Eleutherodactylus frogs and where a biological balance is maintained. It was introduced to Hawaii in the mid- to late 1990s...
by Susan | Apr 22, 2011 | Children and Nature, Contests, Earth Day, frog calls, Frog People, Frogs Are Green contests, Frogs Are Green Photo Contests, Kids Art Contest
April 22, 2011 marks the 41st celebration of Earth Day! We’d also like to point you toward our contest page. We just started receiving entries for our 2011 Kids’ art contest and the 2011 photo contest. So check out the rules and be sure to enter as many...
