by Susan | Nov 28, 2015 | A-Z Frogs, Amphibian & Wildlife Bloggers, Amphibian Education Programs, Amphibian habitat loss, Amphibian research, biodiversity, Chytrid disease, chytrid fungus, Eco Interviews, Environmental Health, Frog Conservation, Frog People, Fungal infections in wildlife, People Helping Frogs and Toads, wildlife conservation
A Frogs Are Green eco-interview with Nick Massimo and Evan Brus. When was your organization founded? Please tell us a bit about its/your mission, goals… When did you first begin this important work? Evan and I are both PhD students studying the disease dynamics...
by Susan | Aug 3, 2015 | Amphibian habitat loss, Amphibian research, Bsal, Chytrid disease, chytrid fungus, Environmental Health, Fungal infections in wildlife, How You Can Help, Invasive Species, Salamanders
There is nothing more important right now to the survival of Salamanders than the United States stopping the importation of them from Europe and Asia. From the New York Times article, “Importing Both Salamanders and Their Potential Destruction.” “You would...
by Susan | Feb 27, 2015 | A-Z Frogs, Amphibian habitat loss, Amphibian research, biodiversity, Chytrid disease, chytrid fungus, Climate change and frogs, Climate change and the Environment, Deforestation and amphibians, Deforestation and frogs, Environmental Health, Frog Conservation, Frog People, Frogs and the Rainforest, Fungal infections in wildlife, Learn about Frogs, People Helping Frogs and Toads
The entire amphibian class is currently afflicted by a global pandemic that is accelerating extinction at an alarming rate. Until now, a few islands like Madagascar were thought not to have been affected. However, an analysis of the latest series of tests shows that...
by Susan | Sep 27, 2014 | A-Z Frogs, Amphibian research, biodiversity, Children and Nature, Chytrid disease, chytrid fungus, Frog People, Learn about Frogs, Read about Frogs, Teaching Kids about Frogs, Toad Conservation
Recently I’ve been meeting children at my Frogs Are Green table at various Jersey City events and this one young girl told me she had at home: fire-bellied toads, a lizard, fish, 2 dogs and her brother had turtles too. Growing up my parents weren’t so keen on...
by Susan | Aug 1, 2014 | Amphibian research, Chemicals in the Environment, Chytrid disease, chytrid fungus, Climate change and frogs, Creating a Wildlife Friendly Backyard, Environmental Health, Frog People, frogs as bioindicators, Fungal infections in wildlife, Learn about Frogs, Metamorphosis, Teaching Kids about Frogs
An estimated 200,000 Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) Tadpoles in a local pond in Maine died within a few days (in 2013) from most-likely a ranavirus. A paper was recently published in Herpetological Review that is co-authored by Nathaniel Wheelwright, a biologist at...
