by Susan | Sep 10, 2011 | Chemicals in the Environment, Climate change and the Environment, Environmental Health, Uncategorized
After Hurricane Irene, Susan posed the question to me: what happens to wildlife during a hurricane? I decided to try and find out the answer to this. Because Irene affected such an enormous area—from North Carolina to New England—it’s difficult to generalize. I began...
by Susan | Jul 13, 2011 | Chemicals in the Environment, Environmental Health, Uncategorized
At FROGS ARE GREEN, we have been concerned for some time about the weedkiller, Roundup, manufactured by Mosanto, because of studies that have shown birth defects and reproductive deformities occurring in animals, including frogs, after exposure to its active...
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 | 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 5, 2011 | Chemicals in the Environment, Creating a Wildlife Friendly Backyard, Environmental Health, How You Can Help, Uncategorized
If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man. —Albert Einstein* Did you know that honey bees are vanishing worldwide? Like frogs,...
by Susan | Feb 18, 2011 | Animal Die-Offs 2011, Chemicals in the Environment, Environmental Health, Uncategorized
A few weeks ago, we wrote a post about the unusual mass die-offs of animals that have been occurring since the beginning of this year. While writing this post, we had to wade through a lot of strange stories to try and get to the truth, including a few conspiracy...
