by Susan | Oct 7, 2010 | BP oil spill, Chemicals in the Environment, Gulf Coast Oil Spill
The life of a sea turtle hatchling isn’t easy. After they hatch out of leathery eggs in a nest, buried deep in the sand, they move immediately toward the light above the ocean, scramble into the surf, and swim for a couple of days straight without stopping....
by Susan | Sep 30, 2010 | Chemicals in the Environment, Environmental Health, frogs as bioindicators
According to the KOAT-TV blog (Albuquerque, NM), residents of Los Lunas, New Mexico, are concerned about dead and deformed frogs found in a pond in a park just a few feet from their homes. A frog with two extra legs As quoted in the report, a resident, who wants to...
by Susan | Sep 20, 2010 | Chemicals in the Environment, Creating a Wildlife Friendly Backyard, How You Can Help, Living a Frog-Friendly Life
We’re so pleased that Marlene A. Condon offered to share her expertise about creating wildlife-friendly gardens and backyards. Marlene is a nature writer and photographer with a passion for creating wildlife habitat around homes. A field editor for Birds &...
by Susan | Aug 11, 2010 | Chemicals in the Environment
As Susan and I are hosting family and friends, we are reposting a couple of posts this week from the past year. We’ve updated this post with new material below. This post originally ran in January 2010. I’ve always had a sentimental attachment to...
by Susan | Mar 25, 2010 | Chemicals in the Environment, Environmental Health
Last summer, we wrote a post, Rachel Carson’s Legacy, about troubling chemicals called endrocrine disruptors, potentially harmful to both humans and frogs, that are in herbicides and pesticides, as well as in plastic, cosmetics, and many consumer products. We...
by Susan | Jan 20, 2010 | Chemicals in the Environment, Climate change and frogs, Environmental Health, Learn about Frogs, Living a Frog-Friendly Life
I’ve always had a sentimental attachment to cornfields—from the magical cornfield in Field of Dreams to the real cornfield across the road from a house I lived in during college years. My mother was born and raised in Iowa and I’m descended from farmers....
