Two great videos on YouTube about the Golden Frogs and 2 scientists attempts to save frogs affected by the chytrid fungus, a fungus that is affecting and killing and driving many of the worlds frogs to extinction. Part One: Part Two: See my previous posting about the Panamanian Golden Frog: http://timony.com/mickzblog/2008/02/02/waving-frog-waves-for-the-last-time/

Amazing article about the extent of pollution in the world’s oceans: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/oceans/la-me-ocean30jul30,0,6670018,full.story The fireweed began each spring as tufts of hairy growth and spread across the seafloor fast enough to cover a football field in an hour. When fishermen touched it, their skin broke out in searing welts. Their lips blistered and peeled. Their eyes [...]

Sad: The Panamanian golden frog communicates with other frogs by semaphore in the form of gentle hand waves. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7219803.stm What’s is amazing is that they took video of them in the wild before the last wild populations were destroyed by a fungi: … after filming for the BBC One series Life In Cold Blood, the [...]