by Susan | Oct 13, 2009 | How You Can Help, Living a Frog-Friendly Life
Last week we did a post about turning your yard into a wildlife habitat. Because we received so many interesting comments, we thought we’d invite people to send in photos of their backyards. As we did for the photo contest, we’ll create a gallery of the...
by Susan | Oct 6, 2009 | How You Can Help, Living a Frog-Friendly Life
It’s that time of year (at least in the Northern Hemisphere) when we’re raking up leaves, cleaning up our backyards, and preparing for winter. But as we prepare for the first frost, we’re spending more time inside than outside and our backyards may...
by Susan | Sep 3, 2009 | How You Can Help, Life Cycle of Frogs, Noise Pollution and Frogs
Kirsten Parris, an Australian ecologist, has discovered that noise of traffic and machinery may be contributing to the decline of frogs in Melbourne. Female frogs are attracted to male frogs that have the loudest calls. But what if they can’t hear them calling...
by Susan | Aug 17, 2009 | Climate change and frogs, How You Can Help, Meet the Frogs, Rainforest Frogs
In the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve of Costa Rica, there were once so many harlequin frog species (Atelopus) that it was hard not to step on them when walking alongside streams. But during the 1980s and 1990s, most of these frogs vanished due to deadly infectious...
by Susan | Jul 24, 2009 | How You Can Help
This summer, you may want to encourage a toad or two to take up residence in your backyard or garden. One toad can eat up to 10,000 insect pests over the course of the summer. Toads like damp, shady areas and need shelter. If you want to attract a toad, you should...
by Susan | Jun 26, 2009 | How You Can Help
A reader of FROGS ARE GREEN sent along information about a petition sponsored by Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund: Endosulfan is a deadly poison that has been banned across the European Union and in many other countries, but not the U.S. This deadly poison is...
