by Susan | Nov 12, 2011 | Amphibian habitat loss, Frog Conservation, habitat loss, How You Can Help, People Helping Frogs and Toads, Uncategorized
We were so excited to receive this guest post and photography from Jan Knizek in the Czech Republic. Please read about the efforts of Krásná žába, o.s. [Beautiful Frog Association] to help preserve the breeding area of the European Green Toad. WHO WE ARE Krásná žába,...
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 | Jan 20, 2011 | Amphibian habitat loss, Amphibian research, Deforestation and amphibians, Deforestation and frogs, Environmental Health, Frog Conservation, Frog People, Learn about Frogs, People Helping Frogs and Toads, Uncategorized
Haiti recently marked the anniversary of the January 12, 2010, earthquake that devastated the country, killing over 300,000 people, and leaving almost a million people homeless. Recently scientists from Conservation International (CI) and the Amphibian Specialist...
by Susan | Dec 4, 2010 | Amphbian research, Amphibian habitat loss, Deforestation and amphibians, Deforestation and frogs, habitat loss, People Helping Frogs and Toads
We are so pleased that Franco Andreone, Associate Curator of Zoology, Responsible for Herpetological and Ichthyological Collections, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Italy, offered to write a guest post for Frogs Are Green about his recent visit to...
by Susan | Jun 28, 2010 | Amphibian habitat loss, Climate change and frogs, Deforestation and amphibians, Deforestation and frogs, Frog and Toad Migration, Frog People, Learn about Frogs
Written by Guest Blogger: Mark Day Dusk ascends to cover the suburb of Bergvliet under a blanket of darkness. It brings with it the chill of a Wintery August night in Cape Town, South Africa, as a nippy breeze sweeps across the small urban wetland of Die Oog (an...
by Susan | Jun 20, 2010 | Amphibian habitat loss, Children and Nature, How You Can Help, Invasive Species, Living a Frog-Friendly Life, Uncategorized
A couple of months ago, we received a lovely email from a reader named Marty who lives in in Eastern Pennsylvania (Lehigh County) one hour south of the Pocono Mountains. Here’s part of the email: What’s the best thing I can do as a Dad to teach my...
