by Susan | Aug 6, 2011 | Creating a Wildlife Friendly Backyard, Frog People, Frogs Are Green Photo Contests, habitat loss, How You Can Help, Living a Frog-Friendly Life, People Helping Frogs and Toads, Uncategorized
This summer, my family and I have been visiting public gardens in the New York area and have noticed something in each one we’ve visited—drowned frogs in the gardens’ fountains and pools. We thought we’d repeat a blog post from a couple of years ago...
by Susan | Dec 4, 2010 | Amphbian research, Amphibian habitat loss, Deforestation and amphibians, Deforestation and frogs, habitat loss, People Helping Frogs and Toads
We are so pleased that Franco Andreone, Associate Curator of Zoology, Responsible for Herpetological and Ichthyological Collections, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Italy, offered to write a guest post for Frogs Are Green about his recent visit to...
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 29, 2010 | Amphibian habitat loss, Frog Conservation, habitat loss, Life Cycle of Frogs, People Helping Frogs and Toads
One of the most endangered amphibians in North America—the mountain yellow-legged frog—might have some hope this spring due to the collaborative work of researchers at the San Diego Zoo’s Institute for Conservation Research, along with the help of biologists at the...
by Susan | Apr 7, 2010 | Amphibian habitat loss, Frog Conservation, habitat loss, How You Can Help, Life Cycle of Frogs, People Helping Frogs and Toads, Salamanders
This past weekend, I went hiking with my family in Harriman State Park in New York. We’ve had a very wet spring—well, actually it sometimes seems as if we’ve been living in a rainforest. It’s possible that all this rain will means lots of frogs and...
by Susan | Feb 9, 2010 | Amphibian habitat loss, Deforestation and amphibians, habitat loss, People Helping Frogs and Toads, Salamanders
We confess to paying most of our attention in our posts on Frogs Are Green to the stars of the amphibian world—frogs—and not so much on other amphibians. So to make up for that, we’d like to introduce you to Earth’s largest amphibian—the giant salamander...
