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Sir David Attenborough, frog's best friend

pleasecroak wrote 2 weeks ago: As he winds down an historic broadcasting career (but never confessing to slowing down), Sir David A … more →

Tags: Year of the Frog, wildlife, endangered, Amphibian, Amphibian Ark, frog, Species, attenborough, Photo

Cousteau video on frogs, amphibian crisis, Amphibian Ark

pleasecroak wrote 5 months ago: This is a really great, new video of Jean-Michel Cousteau explaining his personal commitment to Amph … more →

Tags: jeff corwin, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Conservation, wildlife, extinction, Amphibian Ark, Amphibians, Frogs, cousteau

BBC Standards

rayafilms wrote 5 months ago: Following my article yesterday and the decline in audiences, it was interesting to read of Sir David … more →

Tags: film and video business, Television, web video, BBC

Video interview of Sir David Attenborough, ending with him signing Amphibian Ark petition2 comments

pleasecroak wrote 5 months ago: And if you’d like to sign the petition, here’s the link. … more →

Tags: Petition, Amphibian Ark, Amphibians, attenborough, endangered, extinction, Frogs, save the frog, Species

Seeing Butterflies as Canaries

Butterflymind wrote 6 months ago: I love Sir David Attenborough’s tv work, I thoroughly enjoyed “Life In Cold Blood” … more →

Tags: ButterflyMind, Butterfly, Butterfly World, Conservation

Jean-Michel Cousteau explains how to save the frogs

pleasecroak wrote 7 months ago: It’s simply terrific news for amphibians that Jean-Michel Cousteau has climbed aboard Amphibia … more →

Tags: Amphibian Ark, Petition, Year of the Frog, Amphibians, Frogs, jeff corwin, Jean-Michel Cousteau, save the frog, day of the frog

The "Price" of fame

shinymac wrote 7 months ago: Last week whilst stumbling along to work on Tuesday, I noticed a ginormous queue in the Trafford Cen … more →

Tags: Life and stuff, celebrity book signings, Jordan, Katie Price, WH Smiths, Trafford Centre, queues, Celebrities, Celebrity

Caecilian mums sacrifice skin for their babies

pleasecroak wrote 7 months ago: With Mother’s Day about three months away, it’s only fitting that Sir David Attenboroug … more →

Tags: caecilian, Amphibians, caecilians

Panamanian Golden Frog: preview from "Life in Cold Blood"

pleasecroak wrote 8 months ago: Fascinating footage of the Panamanian Golden Frog from Sir David Attenborough’s final earth s … more →

Tags: Chytrid fungus, Captive Breeding, Panamanian golden frog, Life in Cold Blood

What I learned the year before the Year of the Frog

pleasecroak wrote 8 months ago: 2007 was an eye opening year. If you’d asked me what a herpetologist was a year earlier, I mi … more →

Tags: Amphibian Ark, amphibian conservation action plan, Year of the Frog, frog, Amphibians, Biodiversity, jeff corwin, Al Gore, St. Louis Zoo

Excerpt of Sir David's frog interview with BBC

pleasecroak wrote 9 months ago: Sir David Attenborough was interviewed about the amphibian crisis on BBC radio on Jan. 3. This is wh … more →

Tags: Year of the Frog, Chytrid fungus, Captive Breeding, Amphibian Ark, chytrid, Amphibians, Biodiversity

Frogs will be on TV a lot this year, starting in Germany

pleasecroak wrote 9 months ago: Sir David’s upcoming “In Cold Blood” series on amphibians (and reptiles) starts in … more →

Tags: Year of the Frog, frog, Amphibian, Amphibian Ark, In Cold Blood, w wie wissen

Who said it?

pleasecroak wrote 9 months ago: “The thought that a whole class of animal might suddenly become eliminated, and that includes … more →

Tags: Amphibian, Amphibian Ark, Year of the Frog

Early returns on Year of the Frog's first leap

pleasecroak wrote 9 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, extinct wildlife, amphibian conservation action plan, jeff corwin, Endangered Species, Year of the Frog

New Year's Eve leapfrog details

pleasecroak wrote 9 months ago: This news release was just pushed out worldwide. It captures what’s happening on Monday, and i … more →

Tags: Amphibian, Amphibian Ark, Biodiversity, Endangered Species, frog petition, jeff corwin, Leapfrog, planet in peril, Year of the Frog

Sir David Attenborough signs petition to save frogs3 comments

pleasecroak wrote 9 months ago: Here’s proof that Sir David Attenborough on Dec. 19 signed the “save the frog” pe … more →

Tags: Year of the Frog, frog, Amphibian, Zoo, Amphibian Ark, Biodiversity, frog petition, Waza, World Association of Zoos and Aquariums

Countdown to 2008 Year of the Frog

pleasecroak wrote 9 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, extinct wildlife, green gift, leap frog

The frog problem: three essential posts

pleasecroak wrote 10 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, extinct wildlife

Biodiversity's equivalent to IPCC gets grim news report6 comments

pleasecroak wrote 10 months ago: I did some posts earlier this week about the biodiversity summit in France – which was focuse … more →

Tags: Amphibian, Amphibian Ark, Biodiversity, Environment, extinct wildlife, IMoSEB, ipcc, Jean-Michel Cousteau, jeff corwin