by Susan | Dec 13, 2015 | A-Z Frogs, Amphibian & Wildlife Bloggers, Amphibian Education Programs, Amphibian research, Amphibians and Reptiles, Amphibians in films, biodiversity, Children and Nature, Contests, Environmental Health, Frog Conservation, Frog fun, Frog People, Frogs and Artists, Frogs Are Green contests, Frogs Are Green kids' art contest
Dec.6, 2015 Text by LAN Lianchao Video by LAN Lianchao & CHANG Zhuojin & SHI Xinyue & LIU Yuting Hundreds of transparent boxes are piled up against the wall, with simulated wild environments. The residents of those cubical rooms have watched the day and...
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 | Jun 18, 2013 | Amphibian habitat loss, Amphibian research, Chemicals in the Environment, Climate change and the Environment, Deforestation and amphibians, habitat loss, How You Can Help, Salamanders
Guest blog by Matt Ellerbeck, founder of Save the Salamanders Although they are rarely given much thought, and often overlooked when they are, salamanders are in a terrible crisis. Around half of all the world’s salamander species are listed as threatened by the...
by Susan | Oct 18, 2012 | Amphibian habitat loss, habitat loss, Invasive Species, Salamanders, Uncategorized
We recently read an alarming statistic: it’s possible that only one hundred axolotl salamanders (Ambystoma mexicanum) exist in the wild. Why should anyone care that a strange Mexican salamander may soon be extinct in its native habitat? It turns out that this...
by Susan | Apr 7, 2010 | Amphibian habitat loss, Frog Conservation, habitat loss, How You Can Help, Life Cycle of Frogs, People Helping Frogs and Toads, Salamanders
This past weekend, I went hiking with my family in Harriman State Park in New York. We’ve had a very wet spring—well, actually it sometimes seems as if we’ve been living in a rainforest. It’s possible that all this rain will means lots of frogs and...
