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 | Apr 1, 2015 | Amphibian & Wildlife Bloggers, biodiversity, Creating a Wildlife Friendly Backyard, Environmental Health, Frog People, People Helping Frogs and Toads, Salamanders
This report comes from Frances in Southern Oregon. My two year old pond seems to have attracted these salamanders. I am in Southern Oregon, near Klamath Falls, and on the California border. I have been told they are Tiger Salamanders, but they do not have any bright...
by Susan | Mar 23, 2015 | Creating a Wildlife Friendly Backyard, Environmental Health, How You Can Help, People Helping Frogs and Toads, water quality, wildlife conservation
The water in your garden pond is very sensitive to change. Depending on a number of factors, a pond can soon go from crystal clear to pea soup without any apparent explanation. You will quickly learn that pond pollutants can hide in the clearest water. Filtration An...
by Susan | Mar 22, 2015 | A-Z Frogs, Amphibian Education Programs, biodiversity, Children and Nature, Climate change and frogs, Climate change and the Environment, Contests, Deforestation and amphibians, Deforestation and frogs, Environmental Health, Frog Conservation, frog exhibits, Frog People, Frogs and Artists, Frogs Are Green contests, Frogs Are Green kids' art contest, Frogs in the Classroom, Green Dream, Kids Art Contest, Learn about Frogs, People Helping Frogs and Toads, Teaching Kids about Frogs
The young artist’s family and friends step out the cab and walk into the gallery one by one, parents and children of different ages. They begin looking and move down the wall, admiring the variety of each artwork. The young artist turns and as she walks across the...
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 | Feb 8, 2015 | A-Z Frogs, Amphibian Education Programs, Amphibian habitat loss, Amphibian research, biodiversity, Chemicals in the Environment, Children and Nature, Chytrid disease, Climate change and frogs, Climate change and the Environment, Creating a Wildlife Friendly Backyard, Environmental Health, Frogs and Medicine, frogs as bioindicators, Fungal infections in wildlife, habitat loss, How You Can Help, Learn about Frogs, People Helping Frogs and Toads, Sustainable Choices, wildlife conservation
Yesterday, in class with the Cloud Institute and Sustainable Jersey (NJ Learns), each student got to briefly share their project, so I was describing the Frogs Are Green mission and projects on the agenda for 2015. My teacher Jaimie P. Cloud, challenged me with this...
