by Susan | Aug 7, 2012 | Creating a Wildlife Friendly Backyard, frog calls, Learn about Frogs, Living a Frog-Friendly Life, Meet the Frogs, People Helping Frogs and Toads, Uncategorized
At Frogs Are Green, we’ve posted about tomato red frogs, blue frogs, and yellow-and-black spotted frogs, but I don’t think we’ve ever written about the Green Frog (Rana clamitans). Recently I visited my sister, who lives in the woods in Connecticut. On our first...
by Susan | Mar 19, 2012 | Amphbian research, frog calls, newly discovered frogs, Uncategorized, Urban Frogs
Last week’s discovery of a new frog species in New York City was one of our favorite recent amphibian news stories. The story was picked up by newspapers both across the country and worldwide, from the BBC to the News Pakistan. We especially liked the story, not only...
by Susan | Mar 11, 2012 | Amphbian research, frog calls, Frog Conservation, Learn about Frogs, Life Cycle of Frogs, People Helping Frogs and Toads, Uncategorized
In the U.S., frogs and toads are beginning to wake up from their winter hibernation and soon we’ll be hearing the calls of spring as the amphibian breeding season begins. This a great time to become a Frog Watch USA volunteer, where you will make a commitment to...
by Susan | Feb 17, 2012 | Amphbian research, Amphibian research, Climate change and frogs, Climate change and the Environment, Environmental Health, frog calls, Frogs and the Rainforest, frogs as bioindicators, Rainforest Frogs, Uncategorized
At Frogs Are Green, we’ve always been interested in the interconnections between frogs and the Earth. How is climate change affecting amphibian populations? Are we listening to what frogs are telling us about the health of our planet? Recently, we read an intriguing...
by Susan | Jun 24, 2011 | frog calls, Learn about Frogs, Meet the Frogs, Uncategorized
If you live in the city and you hear a strange new noise this summer, it might be a gray tree frog that’s moved to your neighborhood. According to an article by Sharon Woods Harris in the Pekin (Ill) Daily Times, tree frogs are moving to the city because of...
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...
