by Susan | Apr 22, 2011 | Children and Nature, Contests, Earth Day, frog calls, Frog People, Frogs Are Green contests, Frogs Are Green Photo Contests, Kids Art Contest
April 22, 2011 marks the 41st celebration of Earth Day! We’d also like to point you toward our contest page. We just started receiving entries for our 2011 Kids’ art contest and the 2011 photo contest. So check out the rules and be sure to enter as many...
by Susan | Mar 3, 2011 | Earth Day, frog calls, Frog posters, Learn about Frogs, Life Cycle of Frogs, Read about Frogs, Uncategorized
Now that it’s March, it’s almost time for the peepers to usher in spring! Renowned science writer Carl Safina describes spring peepers so beautifully in his new book The View from Lazy Point: A Natural Year in an Unnatural World. I enjoy reading anything...
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 | Apr 30, 2010 | frog calls, Frogs and the Rainforest, Learn about Frogs, Save the Frogs Day
Today is Save the Frogs Day, organized and created by conservation biologist Dr. Kerry Kriger. Tune in to hear an interview today with Dr. Kriger at 4:30 US Eastern or 1:30 PST (Sirius 112/XM 157) on Martha Stewart Living Radio. As it’s been almost a year since...
by Susan | Feb 22, 2010 | frog calls, Learn about Frogs, Life Cycle of Frogs
In October, when we wrote our post Winter Turns Frogs into Frogsicles, the wood frogs and spring peepers had settled down for their long (frozen) winter nap. This blog post from The National Parks Traveler, Frogs are a Sure Sign of Spring, But that Doesn’t Mean...
by Susan | Dec 30, 2009 | frog calls, Invasive Species, Odd frog stories
This holiday season, some Alaskans found “live” ornaments on their Christmas trees—Pacific Chorus frogs that hitchhiked in the trees to Alaska. Unfortunately, these little stowaways were not warmly received by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. They...
