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Polar bears and amphibians on the "thin ice" list
And now, the polar bear. Yesterday’s decision by the U.S. government to place the polar bear on the endangered species list comes after the U.S. Geological Survey predicted that the world… more »
Frog Matters
Polar bears and amphibians on the "thin ice" list
pleasecroak wrote 2 months ago: And now, the polar bear. Yesterday’s decision by the U.S. government to place the polar bea … more »
Early returns on Year of the Frog's first leap
pleasecroak wrote 6 months ago: Thanks to hundreds of hopping children and their parents, dozens of caring zoos, a lot of reporters … more »
Countdown to 2008 Year of the Frog
pleasecroak wrote 7 months ago: We are extactly two weeks away from 2008 The Year Of The Frog which needs to bring governments, co … more »
Year of the frog video for children
pleasecroak wrote 7 months ago: We’re only weeks away from 2008 The Year of the Frog! Here’s a video, created by the Cle … more »
Clorox steps up to fight killer frog fungus
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pleasecroak wrote 7 months ago: The campaign to stop the mass extinction of amphibian species got a huge shot in the arm today fro … more »
A terrific overview of the amphibian crisis
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pleasecroak wrote 7 months ago: Why are frogs disappearing? What can you do about it? There are snippets of Kevin Zippel’s sp … more »
Why amphibians are disappearing
pleasecroak wrote 7 months ago: Kevin Zippel explains the magnitude of the amphibian crisis and explains what’s causing their … more »
Why captive breeding is unavoidable to save amphibians
pleasecroak wrote 7 months ago: In this excerpt from Kevin Zippel’s remarks at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, he exp … more »
Climate change and the sixth major extinction event
pleasecroak wrote 7 months ago: The U.N. conference on climate change in Bali is generating a flurry of headlines that should make t … more »
Story dissects Amphibian Ark tie to biology teachers
pleasecroak wrote 7 months ago: The Atlanta Journal Constitution was at the National Association of Biology Teachers conference last … more »
Biology teachers get behind amphibian crisis
pleasecroak wrote 8 months ago: Tonight in Atlanta, the National Association of Biology Teachers will announce they’re formal … more »
"So long" salamanders?
pleasecroak wrote 8 months ago: This story out of San Francisco says salamanders have survived past periods of global warming, but p … more »
Mississippi gopher frog: In need of an intervention
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pleasecroak wrote 8 months ago: There’s a story in the news about a lawsuit against the federal government over the failure to … more »
Europe, Middle East species first in line for Amphibian Ark
pleasecroak wrote 8 months ago: Amphibian Ark has started providing me with lists of the species most in need of being placed in pro … more »
The frog problem: three essential posts
pleasecroak wrote 8 months ago: Enjoy the U.S. holiday weekend, and if you’re new to this topic, spend 15 minutes here and you … more »
Biodiversity's equivalent to IPCC gets grim news report
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pleasecroak wrote 8 months ago: I did some posts earlier this week about the biodiversity summit in France – which was focuse … more »
The perfect green gift for Black Friday
pleasecroak wrote 8 months ago: If the tiniest fraction of day-after-Thanksgiving shoppers donated $50 each (hey, even just $20) to … more »
A report from the chytrid conference
pleasecroak wrote 8 months ago: Just discovered an actual blog entry from an actual attendee of the Tempe chytrid fungus conference. … more »
Jeff Corwin makes plea to Ellen viewers for Amphibian Ark
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pleasecroak wrote 8 months ago: Jeff Corwin was huge today for Amphibian Ark. On “Ellen” this afternoon, he showed a Pa … more »
