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The Kihansi spray toad is now extinct in the wild
The Kihansi spray toad used to live in the spray region of the Kihansi waterfall, in Tanzania, and relied heavily on the spray from the waterfall to maintain a constant temperature and humidity in its… more →
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The Kihansi spray toad is now extinct in the wild
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KevinZippel wrote 2 weeks ago: The Kihansi spray toad used to live in the spray region of the Kihansi waterfall, in Tanzania, and r … more →
Pesticides and frogs
pleasecroak wrote 3 months ago: The connection between frog deformities and pesticides and herbicides has been reported a lot. But h … more →
Baby "alien" frogs feasting on their moms' eggs
pleasecroak wrote 3 months ago: Click link below for video You have to see this video from BBC showing tadpoles swarming their mom t … more →
First of five reasons frogs are going extinct: chytrid
pleasecroak wrote 4 months ago: There are about 6,000 species of amphibians on the planet today. By the time we pass on and leave th … more →
Biodiversity is slipping through our fingers, study shows
pleasecroak wrote 5 months ago: Six years ago, promises were made by governments from around the world involving the mass extinction … more →
Frogs get feature treatment in magazine
pleasecroak wrote 5 months ago: From the American Airlines in flight magazine, American Way, a full feature on the amphibian crisis. … more →
Lake Titicaca Frog
pleasecroak wrote 6 months ago: Veronica from Bolivia just told me about a frog I hadn’t heard of before — Telmatobius c … more →
Frog killing fungus chytrid found in the Philippines
pleasecroak wrote 6 months ago: Kevin Zippel from Amphibian Ark just emailed that the chytrid (Bd) fungus that chokes the breath fro … more →
Double the frogs, double the vanishing
pleasecroak wrote 7 months ago: In Madagascar, scientists have discovered up to 221 new species of frogs. Here’s the CNN repor … more →
Wood frogs of Ohio: the comeback attempt
pleasecroak wrote 7 months ago: A Sunday salute to the Ohio State scientists trying to bring the wood frog back to Franklin County, … more →
Frogs, honeybees, and now bats
pleasecroak wrote 7 months ago: The bat crisis hit home this morning in my city of St. Louis. A nearby cave has been closed because … more →
This frog blog has record month
pleasecroak wrote 7 months ago: With hours to go before the close of April 30, I proudly report that Frogmatters has had a record mo … more →
Frog deaths investigated by forensic ecologist
pleasecroak wrote 7 months ago: Figuring out the “why”, “how”, “how fast” and “where next … more →
Jeff Corwin lobbies against mass extinctions
pleasecroak wrote 7 months ago: I just got an email message from Jeff Corwin (OK, a lot of people got the same email) on behalf of D … more →
Is this the wrong time for 'tipping point' language regarding the planet?
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pleasecroak wrote 8 months ago: Thank goodness for the scientists who clang the bell — who leverage the drama to wake us up to … more →
Frogs get star treatment in National Geographic
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pleasecroak wrote 8 months ago: What Jennifer Holland has reported in National Geographic is one of the best summaries of the amphib … more →
Frog plague strikes Montserrat
pleasecroak wrote 8 months ago: “If this was killing mammals or birds in the same way it’s killing amphibians, millions … more →
Change your clock, save a frog
pleasecroak wrote 9 months ago: Nice to see this effort from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums: Zoos and aquariums across the co … more →
Panama's disappearing frogs
pleasecroak wrote 9 months ago: A terrific story in Friday’s Christian Science Monitor (story HERE) reports on the valiant eff … more →
