by Susan | Jul 30, 2011 | Chytrid disease, chytrid fungus, Frog Conservation, Frog Extinction and Frogs Legs, Living a Frog-Friendly Life, Uncategorized
Eating frogs legs is a bit of a joke to Americans. Most of us would never consider eating them. Yet we need to take this very real threat to frogs seriously. A recent article in Scientific American, “How Eating Frogs Legs Is Causing Frog Extinctions,”* listed some...
by Susan | Jul 19, 2011 | Amphbian research, Frogs and the Rainforest, Learn about Frogs, Meet the Frogs, People Helping Frogs and Toads, Uncategorized
Conservation International has announced the rediscovery in Malaysian Borneo of a vanished amphibian: the long-legged Borneo rainbow toad. Below is one of the first photographs ever of this long-legged brightly colored toad. Inspired by Conservation International’s...
by Susan | Jul 13, 2011 | Chemicals in the Environment, Environmental Health, Uncategorized
At FROGS ARE GREEN, we have been concerned for some time about the weedkiller, Roundup, manufactured by Mosanto, because of studies that have shown birth defects and reproductive deformities occurring in animals, including frogs, after exposure to its active...
by Susan | Jun 30, 2011 | Turtles and Terrapins, Uncategorized
This Fourth of July, you might get stuck in traffic jams or have plane delays due to afternoon thunderstorms or may experience some travel mishaps. If you were flying into New York City yesterday, however, you might have had another kind of delay: terrapins on the...
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 | Jun 17, 2011 | Children and Nature, Living a Frog-Friendly Life, Teaching Kids about Frogs, Uncategorized
A couple of years ago, we received an email from a reader named Marty who lives in in Eastern Pennsylvania (Lehigh County) one hour south of the Pocono Mountains. Here’s part of the email: On of the best things I can do as a Dad is to teach my children to preserve...
