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Frogs could be nearing extinction thanks to human consumption
By John DeFore Green Right Now Last year may have been the Year of the Frog, but it appears that twelve months of focus on amphibian-threatening disease haven’t eased one threat to Kermit’s cousins:...
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If you build it, they will come (and croak): Backyard frog ponds
By Melissa Segrest Green Right Now Frogs and toads across the country could use a helping hand. Amphibians — from the endangered Houston Toad to the threatened Golden Coqui — are disappearing at an...
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Study shows pesticide used on crops is killing frogs in the Sierras
From Green Right Now Reports Birds, bees and frogs. We’ve known for a long time that they’re affected by pesticides and chemical pollution. In the last few years, many scientists have come to see...
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Common pesticides killed frogs, even at ‘safe levels’
From Green Right Now Reports European researchers studying the effects of seven common agricultural pesticides on frogs report that exposing the amphibians to the chemicals resulted in rates of...
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Frog advocates say it’s time to leap into the atrazine debate
From Green Right Now Reports The Litoria Fallax Eastern Sedge Frog (Photo: Save the Frogs) Atrazine, a pesticide used on crops that’s been derided as causing the feminization of frogs, among other...
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