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...
by Susan | Jul 12, 2009 | Frogs Are Green contests
We are happy to announce the FROGS ARE GREEN photo contest. The winner will receive a free “Prince of Amphibians” t-shirt and we’ll feature the photo in the gallery on our blog. See the information on the left side of the blog. (Note: your photo can...
by Susan | Jul 9, 2009 | Frog Conservation, Frogs and the Rainforest
As Prince Charles of England noted recently, “Frogs and princes have a long association.” He is hoping this strong frog-prince connection will help get the word out about his environmental charity, The Prince’s Rainforest Project. The charity has a...
by Susan | Jul 7, 2009 | Frog Conservation, Meet the Frogs
I was intrigued by this article in The Seattle Times yesterday about a program at the Cedar Creek Corrections Center (Washington state) where inmates are raising Oregon spotted frogs, an endangered species, in the prison. The inmates have stunned researchers because...
by Susan | Jul 6, 2009 | Environmental Health, Frog Conservation
Fact: A single dwarf puddle frog can eat up to one hundred mosquitoes in a single night.* In a recent article, “Croak, Croak …No More , ” The Times of India reported that in the coastal area of Karwar, India, where there used to be up to 30 species...
