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Frog species naming auction -- he's a beauty

pleasecroak wrote 1 month ago: Bidding just opened and will continue through the end of the month on this handsome, unnamed species … more »

Tags: 5 for frogs, Amphibians, Auction, Biodiversity, Charity, charitybuzz, colloared frog, Eco-tourism, endangered

How many canaries does it take?

pleasecroak wrote 1 month ago: Greenland is calling itself one of the Earth’s canaries in the coal mine, as the polar cap mel … more »

Tags: Global Warming, Amphibian, Biodiversity, Canaries, canary, coal mine, Eco-tourism, Global Warming, greenland

Serious cartoon about frog crisis

pleasecroak wrote 1 month ago: Full post, and many other great environmental cartoons, on seppo.net/e/.   … more »

Tags: Cartoon, Aeneid, Amphibians, Cartoon, endangered, Environment, Extinct, frog, hell

Amphibians forgive Hillary Clinton for comment about punching frogs

pleasecroak wrote 1 month ago: The United States’ frogs appear to be shrugging off a biologically insensitive comment yesterd … more »

Tags: Humor, Year of the Frog, ABC News, Amphibians, Boil, boiling frog, Cameroon, Campaign, Clinton

Pollution sends China's frogs out of the water

pleasecroak wrote 1 month ago: From London Daily Mail: On the toad to ruin: Thousands of tiny amphibians dice with death to flee po … more »

Tags: Pollution, Amphibians, Pollution, Frogs, toads, China, taizhou, Jiangsu, oxygen

Endangered newts interrupt Father's Day project

pleasecroak wrote 1 month ago: You could summarize this with a John Lennon lyric: “Life is what happens to you while you … more »

Tags: Newt, Amphibians, Endangered Species, England, FATHERS DAY, Frogs, great crested, Leicester, mohammed sheikh

Mongabay reports on frog naming auction

pleasecroak wrote 1 month ago: Nice to see Mongabay write about the walking frog auction: The Amphibian Ark, an initiative to save … more »

Tags: 5 for frogs, Auction, endangered, frog, Amphibians, Biodiversity, mongabay, Ecuador, Species

Name the walking frog, save a species

pleasecroak wrote 1 month ago: It’s taken a lot of patience and hard work by the scientists associated with Amphibian Ark, b … more »

Tags: Auction, frog, Amphibians, cousteau, Ecuador, jeff, Corwin, Species, 5 for frogs

Amphibian Ark: "the biggest conservation project that humanity has ever tried to tackle"

pleasecroak wrote 1 month ago: What a thorough, great article on Amphibian Ark in today’s Washington Post! The Smithsonian … more »

Tags: Year of the Frog, Chytrid fungus, Amphibian Ark, chytrid, frog, Amphibians, Global Warming, toad, Bronx Zoo

The amphibian extinction crisis: Will humans rise to the challenge? 1 comment

pleasecroak wrote 1 month ago: Here’s a guest article by Kevin Zippel, program director for Amphibian Ark. He’s the gu … more »

Tags: zippel, endangered, Amphibians, Biodiversity, madagascar, Species, Plos, Public Library Of Science, Biology

Corwin discovers near-extinct Harlequin frogs in wild in Panama

pleasecroak wrote 1 month ago: April 30 /PRNewswire / — While trekking through a remote rainforest in Omar Torrijos National … more »

Tags: Chytrid fungus, jeff corwin, Clorox, Amphibians, Frogs, jeff corwin, Discovery, Clorox, Panama

Take the frog quiz

pleasecroak wrote 1 month ago: New, very informative and fast-paced videos about the amphibian crisis have been produced by KQED o … more »

Tags: chytrid, Amphibians, Frogs, quiz, fungus, red-legged, Mountain, yellow legged, Tree

Where in the world was Jeff Corwin (in early April)?

pleasecroak wrote 2 months ago: Thought you would find this interesting. The blog “SteptoLife: Wael’s Adventures in Pan … more »

Tags: jeff corwin, Amphibians, jeff corwin, Panama, Golden Frog, PRENSA, Documentary

If frogs go extinct, you'll notice2 comments

pleasecroak wrote 2 months ago: Congratulations to Vancouver Aquarium for this fantastic “save the frogs” poster. … more »

Tags: Marketing, Zoo, Amphibians, Frogs, Poster, save the frog, Vancouver Aquarium

Amphibian Ark: 5 for Frogs..2 comments

Miqe wrote 2 months ago: AMPHIBIAN ARK JUMP STARTS RESCUE WITH 5 FOR FROGS    Five month campaign to raise $500, … more »

Tags: International articles and news., herpetology, Amphibians, Frogs, Campaign, Save...

Definitely a trend: kissing frogs during Year of the Frog

pleasecroak wrote 2 months ago: On Tuesday, the Newport Aquarium in Newport, Kentucky, will shoot a new commercial touting its new f … more »

Tags: Zoo, Princess, frog, Amphibians, Frogs, Princess, KISS, Newport Aquarium

Government help may arrive, but fixing the amphibian emergency starts with you and me

pleasecroak wrote 2 months ago: Every once in a while I search for new information about the quest to establish a research powerhou … more »

Tags: Biodiversity, IMoSEB, wildlife, endangered, Amphibians, Biodiversity, Frogs, Global Warming, IMoSEB

Cinco de Mayo toad "so close" to being saved

pleasecroak wrote 2 months ago: If you are celebrating Cinco de Mayo and care about Mexican wildlife, you need to read this. About … more »

Tags: Zoo, 5 for frogs, large-crested toad, 5 for frogs, africam, amphibian project, Amphibians, bufo cristatus, cinco de mayo

Northern leopard frogs in Washingon "probably doomed" by Ebola for frogs

pleasecroak wrote 2 months ago: (Photo from Wikiepedia) This story in the Seattle Times explains that the last stronghold for northe … more »

Tags: chytrid, Amphibians, Frogs, Zoo, Rana pipiens, leopard frog, Northern, Washington, potholes reservoir


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