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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 »

Tags: Environment, endangered, IUCN, Amphibians, Frogs, Global Warming, Red List, Species, polar bear

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 »

Tags: frog, Amphibian, Amphibian Ark, Biodiversity, amphibian conservation action plan, jeff corwin, Sir David Attenborough, Endangered Species, Year of the Frog

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 »

Tags: Year of the Frog, frog, Amphibian, Zoo, Amphibian Ark, Biodiversity, green gift, leap frog, jeff corwin

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 »

Tags: Year of the Frog, Chytrid fungus, frog, Amphibian, caecilian, toad, Zoo, Environment, Amphibian Ark

Clorox steps up to fight killer frog fungus2 comments

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 »

Tags: Year of the Frog, Chytrid fungus, frog, Amphibian, Zoo, Amphibian Ark, Biodiversity, Conservation, jeff corwin

A terrific overview of the amphibian crisis1 comment

pleasecroak wrote 7 months ago: Why are frogs disappearing? What can you do about it? There are snippets of Kevin Zippel’s sp … more »

Tags: Year of the Frog, Amphibian, Zoo, Amphibian Ark, Biodiversity, IUCN Red List, climate change, Global Warming, food web

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 »

Tags: Chytrid fungus, Amphibian, Amphibian Ark, Biodiversity, Conservation, climate change, Global Warming, Endangered Species, Amphibians

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 »

Tags: Amphibian, Amphibian Ark, Biodiversity, Conservation, climate change, Endangered Species, Captive Breeding

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 »

Tags: Chytrid fungus, frog, Amphibian, Environment, wildlife, Biodiversity, IUCN Red List, Conservation, climate change

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 »

Tags: Amphibian, Amphibian Ark, Conservation, Endangered Species, biology teachers, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Amphibians, national association of biology teachers

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 »

Tags: Amphibian, Amphibian Ark, Biodiversity, biology teachers, Conservation, Endangered Species, frog, Year of the Frog, Frogs

"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 »

Tags: Amphibian, Amphibian Ark, Biodiversity, climate change, Conservation, Endangered Species, Environment, Global Warming, Salamander

Mississippi gopher frog: In need of an intervention3 comments

pleasecroak wrote 8 months ago: There’s a story in the news about a lawsuit against the federal government over the failure to … more »

Tags: Amphibian, Amphibian Ark, Biodiversity, Conservation, Endangered Species, Environment, frog, wildlife, Captive Breeding

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 »

Tags: Amphibian, Amphibian Ark, amphibian conservation action plan, amphibian research, Biodiversity, Conservation, Environment, frog, IUCN Red List

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 »

Tags: Year of the Frog, Chytrid fungus, frog, Amphibian, Zoo, Environment, Amphibian Ark, Biodiversity, Conservation

Biodiversity's equivalent to IPCC gets grim news report6 comments

pleasecroak wrote 8 months ago: I did some posts earlier this week about the biodiversity summit in France – which was focuse … more »

Tags: Amphibian, Environment, Amphibian Ark, Biodiversity, ipcc, IMoSEB, jeff corwin, Sir David Attenborough, Jean-Michel Cousteau

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 »

Tags: Amphibian, Amphibian Ark, Biodiversity, Conservation, green gift, jeff corwin, Philanthropy

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 »

Tags: Amphibian, Biodiversity, Chytrid fungus, Conservation, Amphibian Ark, chytrid

Jeff Corwin makes plea to Ellen viewers for Amphibian Ark2 comments

pleasecroak wrote 8 months ago: Jeff Corwin was huge today for Amphibian Ark. On “Ellen” this afternoon, he showed a Pa … more »

Tags: Chytrid fungus, frog, Amphibian, Zoo, Environment, Amphibian Ark, Biodiversity, Conservation, wildlife


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