by Susan | Oct 16, 2009 | Deforestation and frogs, Frogs and the Rainforest, How You Can Help, Living a Frog-Friendly Life, Rainforest Frogs
This week, October 12-18, is World Rainforest Week. Recently, I learned about an organization that has practical solutions to helping the rainforests: the New York-based Rainforest Alliance, which helps to conserve rainforest biodiversity and the livelihoods of people...
by Susan | Oct 13, 2009 | How You Can Help, Living a Frog-Friendly Life
Last week we did a post about turning your yard into a wildlife habitat. Because we received so many interesting comments, we thought we’d invite people to send in photos of their backyards. As we did for the photo contest, we’ll create a gallery of the...
by Susan | Oct 6, 2009 | How You Can Help, Living a Frog-Friendly Life
It’s that time of year (at least in the Northern Hemisphere) when we’re raking up leaves, cleaning up our backyards, and preparing for winter. But as we prepare for the first frost, we’re spending more time inside than outside and our backyards may...
by Susan | Oct 3, 2009 | Climate change and frogs, Deforestation and frogs, Frogs and the Rainforest
We received a new video from the Prince’s Rainforests Project of Sting singing “Message in a Bottle,” his own personal SOS to the world about the destruction of the rainforests. The Prince’s Rainforest SOS Campaign is their final push to ensure...
by Susan | Sep 30, 2009 | Frog Conservation, People Helping Frogs and Toads
Traveling with my family, we’ve come across some interesting animal crossing signs. In New Hampshire, we’ve seen moose crossing signs, in Florida, we’ve seen turtle crossing signs, and in South Africa, we’ve seen baboon crossing signs: If you...
by Susan | Sep 26, 2009 | Frogs and the Rainforest
No, the fanged frogs are not THE FROG PRINCESS meets TWILIGHT! They are recently discovered amphibians, found with many amazing other animals, in an untouched jungle in a crater of Mount Bosavi in Papua New Guinea. It does seem incredible that such a pristine place...
