by Susan | Nov 28, 2015 | A-Z Frogs, Amphibian & Wildlife Bloggers, Amphibian Education Programs, Amphibian habitat loss, Amphibian research, biodiversity, Chytrid disease, chytrid fungus, Eco Interviews, Environmental Health, Frog Conservation, Frog People, Fungal infections in wildlife, People Helping Frogs and Toads, wildlife conservation
A Frogs Are Green eco-interview with Nick Massimo and Evan Brus. When was your organization founded? Please tell us a bit about its/your mission, goals… When did you first begin this important work? Evan and I are both PhD students studying the disease dynamics...
by Susan | Aug 3, 2015 | Amphibian habitat loss, Amphibian research, Bsal, Chytrid disease, chytrid fungus, Environmental Health, Fungal infections in wildlife, How You Can Help, Invasive Species, Salamanders
There is nothing more important right now to the survival of Salamanders than the United States stopping the importation of them from Europe and Asia. From the New York Times article, “Importing Both Salamanders and Their Potential Destruction.” “You would...
by Susan | Jun 4, 2015 | A-Z Frogs, Amphibian Education Programs, Amphibian habitat loss, Amphibian research, Amphibians in films, biodiversity, Children and Nature, Children's Books on Frogs, Chytrid disease, chytrid fungus, Climate change and frogs, Climate change and the Environment, Deforestation and amphibians, Deforestation and frogs, Environmental Programming TV and Film, Frog Conservation, Frog People, Frogs and the Rainforest, Frogs in Film, habitat loss, Learn about Frogs, People Helping Frogs and Toads, Rainforest Frogs, Teaching Kids about Frogs, Uncategorized, wildlife conservation
GIORNATE DEL MADAGASCAR 2015 / DAYS OF MADAGASCAR 2015 The island of Marco Polo June 12 and 13, 2015 Venice, Museum of Natural History Isolated from Africa to many tens of millions of years, Madagascar has developed its own peculiar fauna and flora, dramatically...
by Susan | Apr 5, 2015 | Amphibian & Wildlife Bloggers, Amphibian Education Programs, biodiversity, Chytrid disease, chytrid fungus, Climate change and frogs, Climate change and the Environment, Deforestation and amphibians, Deforestation and frogs, Eco Interviews, Environmental Books, Environmental Health, Frog Conservation, Frog People, Frogs and Medicine, Frogs and the Rainforest, How You Can Help, Learn about Frogs, Literary Amphibians, newly discovered frogs, People Helping Frogs and Toads, Photographing Frogs and Toads, water quality, wildlife conservation
The phone is ringing and a friend is excited to tell me there’s a discussion about frogs right now on WNYC radio. Robin Moore, the author and photographer of “In Search of Lost Frogs,” is being interviewed on the Leonard Lopate Show (The Conservation Efforts Trying to...
by Susan | Feb 27, 2015 | A-Z Frogs, Amphibian habitat loss, Amphibian research, biodiversity, Chytrid disease, chytrid fungus, Climate change and frogs, Climate change and the Environment, Deforestation and amphibians, Deforestation and frogs, Environmental Health, Frog Conservation, Frog People, Frogs and the Rainforest, Fungal infections in wildlife, Learn about Frogs, People Helping Frogs and Toads
The entire amphibian class is currently afflicted by a global pandemic that is accelerating extinction at an alarming rate. Until now, a few islands like Madagascar were thought not to have been affected. However, an analysis of the latest series of tests shows that...
by Susan | Sep 27, 2014 | A-Z Frogs, Amphibian research, biodiversity, Children and Nature, Chytrid disease, chytrid fungus, Frog People, Learn about Frogs, Read about Frogs, Teaching Kids about Frogs, Toad Conservation
Recently I’ve been meeting children at my Frogs Are Green table at various Jersey City events and this one young girl told me she had at home: fire-bellied toads, a lizard, fish, 2 dogs and her brother had turtles too. Growing up my parents weren’t so keen on...
