by Susan | Sep 16, 2011 | Amphbian research, Chytrid disease, chytrid fungus, Frog Conservation, Frog People, Uncategorized
Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered a freshwater organism that might help in fighting the chytrid fungus, which is a principal cause for the worldwide amphibian decline. A freshwater species of zooplankton, called Daphnia magna, could provide a tool...
by Susan | Jul 30, 2011 | Chytrid disease, chytrid fungus, Frog Conservation, Frog Extinction and Frogs Legs, Living a Frog-Friendly Life, Uncategorized
Eating frogs legs is a bit of a joke to Americans. Most of us would never consider eating them. Yet we need to take this very real threat to frogs seriously. A recent article in Scientific American, “How Eating Frogs Legs Is Causing Frog Extinctions,”* listed some...
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 6, 2011 | Amphibian research, chytrid fungus, Frog Conservation, Frog People
We are extremely pleased to feature a guest post by Allystair D. Jones, who studied the canyon tree frog population in Zion National Park, Utah, to determine if the frogs were infected with the chytrid fungus, a disease that is wiping out amphibian populations...
