Atrazine: Here an herbicide there an herbicide

| May 18, 2009

Tweet The widespread use of thousands of pesticides, which broadly includes insecticides, herbicides and fungicides, that were once considered safe for wildlife have recently become the subject of many studies. Results from these studies conclude that there is strong evidence linking the application of pesticides and amphibian population declines. The most commonly used pesticide, atrazine, [...]

I said over-gigging not overfishing

| May 8, 2009

Tweet You heard it right and as much as I would love to jump into the topic of overfishing and share some thoughts regarding a book I just finished (Tuna: A Love Story), today it’s all about the frogs.  I have commented on the plight of frogs in past postings and even made a video, [...]

The decade of the frog

| November 25, 2008

TweetI guess I was not paying that much attention as it was only within the last two weeks that I discovered 2008 had been designated the Year of the Frog.  Well, with a little more than a month to go I thought I would make a contribution to the plight of our amphibian cohabitants.  In [...]

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