by Susan | Mar 1, 2010 | Frogs and the Rainforest, Learn about Frogs, Life Cycle of Frogs, Rainforest Frogs
This past week the first monogamous frogs were discovered in the rainforest of South America. Monogamy isn’t usual in the amphibian world. Male frogs usually love ’em and leave ’em. But Dr. Jason Brown, previously of East Carolina University, Greenville,...
by Susan | Feb 22, 2010 | frog calls, Learn about Frogs, Life Cycle of Frogs
In October, when we wrote our post Winter Turns Frogs into Frogsicles, the wood frogs and spring peepers had settled down for their long (frozen) winter nap. This blog post from The National Parks Traveler, Frogs are a Sure Sign of Spring, But that Doesn’t Mean...
by Susan | Feb 12, 2010 | Frog Conservation, frog exhibits, How You Can Help, People Helping Frogs and Toads
While humans may need flowers, chocolate, and a candlelit dinner to get in the mood for love, amphibians have quite different requirements. The Bristol Zoo Garden in England has designed what it calls the AmphiPod to encourage frog love. The zoo opened this...
by Susan | Feb 9, 2010 | Amphibian habitat loss, Deforestation and amphibians, habitat loss, People Helping Frogs and Toads, Salamanders
We confess to paying most of our attention in our posts on Frogs Are Green to the stars of the amphibian world—frogs—and not so much on other amphibians. So to make up for that, we’d like to introduce you to Earth’s largest amphibian—the giant salamander...
by Susan | Feb 1, 2010 | Amphibians in films, Frogs in Film, Invasive Species
Susan and I are both eager to see filmmaker Mark Lewis’s Cane Toads: The Conquest, which has received good reviews at the Sundance Film Festival. This film, in 3-D, is a follow-up to his cult favorite of 25 years ago, Cane Toads: An Unnatural History....
by Susan | Jan 26, 2010 | Amphibian habitat loss, Deforestation and frogs, Frogs and the Rainforest, habitat loss, Rainforest Frogs
Scientists have recently identified Yasuni National Park in Ecuador as one of the most biologically diverse places in South America, and perhaps on earth. As Shawn McCracken of Texas State University—San Marcos, recently said, “The 150 amphibian species...
