by Susan | Aug 3, 2010 | Chytrid disease, People Helping Frogs and Toads
The Colorado Division of Wildlife is struggling to save a local amphibian from extinction—the four-inch boreal toad. Once abundant, it is one of many frog species worldwide threatened with extinction by the chytrid fungus, an infectious disease that is devastating...
by Susan | Jul 15, 2010 | Amphbian research, Chytrid disease
This week Scientific American reported that researchers in California and Virginia have identified a symbiotic bacteria living on frogs’ skin that protects them from chytrid, a fungal disease contributing to the extinction of one-third of the world’s...
by Susan | Apr 2, 2010 | Amphibian habitat loss, Amphibians in films, Climate change and frogs, Frog Conservation, Frog People, Frogs in Film, How You Can Help, Learn about Frogs
We’re proud to feature guest blogger, Lucy Cooke, The Amphibian Avenger, who tells us about herself, what her mission is, and how we can all help. I love frogs. I always have. As a small child I became fascinated by the miracle of metamorphosis, catching and...
by Susan | Feb 12, 2010 | Frog Conservation, frog exhibits, How You Can Help, People Helping Frogs and Toads
While humans may need flowers, chocolate, and a candlelit dinner to get in the mood for love, amphibians have quite different requirements. The Bristol Zoo Garden in England has designed what it calls the AmphiPod to encourage frog love. The zoo opened this...
by Susan | Jun 21, 2009 | Learn about Frogs, Read about Frogs
In 1995, a teacher and her students in southern Minnesota discovered a pond full of frogs with deformities: some frogs with extra legs or eyes missing, others with extra eyes or missing limbs. A Plague of Frogs by William Souder tells the story of what happened next...
