by Susan | Jul 25, 2012 | Amphbian research, Frog Conservation, Frog People, Learn about Frogs, Life Cycle of Frogs, Meet the Frogs, Uncategorized
We were so pleased to receive a guest post from Sara E. Viernum, a herpetologist with over 10 years of experience chasing snakes and salamanders around the U.S. When she’s not chasing reptiles and amphibians in the field, Sara is blogging about them on her...
by Susan | Jul 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
At Frogs Are Green, we’ve always loved the fact that one real live prince – Prince Charles of England – seems to care a lot about frogs. We’ve posted stories here about the Prince of Wales’s efforts to help rainforests; in his princely fashion, he has used...
by Susan | Jul 3, 2012 | Contests, Frogs Are Green contests, Frogs Are Green Photo Contests, Photographing Frogs and Toads, Uncategorized
The 4th annual Frogs Are Green photo contest is now open for submissions. We hope you take your camera with you while you’re on vacation and get some great photos of frogs or other amphibians! Or you might take some great photos in your own backyard. As in the past,...
by Susan | Jun 21, 2012 | Odd frog stories, Uncategorized
According to a recent New York Times article, frogs and horses have recently been linked in a bizarre—and illegal—way. Evidently a compound found in the secretions of the waxy monkey tree frog (Phyllomedusa sauvagei) is being used to enhance the performance of...
by Susan | Jun 11, 2012 | Frogs and the Rainforest, Learn about Frogs, Life Cycle of Frogs, Meet the Frogs, Rainforest Frogs, Uncategorized
This is an updated repost of a Father’s Day post from 2009. Most animal dads aren’t too involved with their offspring (human dads, excepted of course). But two species of frogs, Liophryne schlaginhaufeni and Sphenophryne cornuta, in the microhylid frog...
by Susan | May 31, 2012 | Frog and Toad Migration, Frog Conservation, Frogs in Film, How You Can Help, Life Cycle of Frogs, Living a Frog-Friendly Life, People Helping Frogs and Toads, Uncategorized, Urban Frogs
Recently we received an email from Kelly Rypkema, a New York area naturalist who is the producer and host of the video series Nature in a New York Minute. Kelly has just released an episode about the Amphibian Crossing Project in New Jersey, a volunteer-based effort...
