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 1, 2010 | Environmental Health, frog calls, Frog Conservation, frogs as bioindicators, habitat loss, How You Can Help, People Helping Frogs and Toads, Uncategorized
In many parts of the country, frogs and toads have begun their hibernation, and we humans, too, are hibernating for the winter—at least in parts of the northern hemisphere. This is a good time, however, to hone your frog listening skills and to think about...
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 | 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....
by Susan | Jan 6, 2010 | Environmental Health, Frogs as Pets
Yesterday we received information from the American Veterinary Medical Association that about 80 people in 28 states have now become ill in a salmonella outbreak associated with pet frogs. More than three-quarters of the illnesses involved children younger than 10....
