Frogs hogging the lime light this leap year weekend!: This coming weekend, on February 29th & and March 1st – SAAMBR (South African Association for Marine Biological Research ) will be hosting a mini exhibition outside Dangerous Creatures Reptile Park situated in the uShaka Village Walk in celebration of Frog Awareness Day. If you would like to learn more about the … [Read more...] about Frogs hogging the lime light this leap year weekend!
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Lifting the lid on how frogs find their way to foreign lands | The Conversation
Lifting the lid on how frogs find their way to foreign lands: Bernard DUPONT/FlickrThis article is the fourth in a series. The Conversation Africa is running on invasive species. A bunch of bananas seems like an unlikely mode of transport for frogs to invade the world. But it’s not far-fetched. In South Africa bananas are moved extensively around … [Read more...] about Lifting the lid on how frogs find their way to foreign lands | The Conversation
Bidvest Insurance and Red Frogs teamed up for Plett’s Matric Rage
Bidvest Insurance and Red Frogs teamed up for Plett’s Matric Rage: The Matric students of 2016 chose to celebrate their new found freedom by participating in the annual ‘Matric Rage’. The group of volunteers known as the Red Frogs joined forces with Bidvest Insurance to rally around the celebrations taking place in Plettenberg Bay to ensure the safety of the … [Read more...] about Bidvest Insurance and Red Frogs teamed up for Plett’s Matric Rage
How we learned to listen to elusive, threatened frogs | The Conversation
How we learned to listen to elusive, threatened frogs: The Cape peninsula moss frog is smaller than 20mm and is, therefore, hard to monitor. Francois BeckerScientists the world over have a frog problem: we have little idea of how many frogs there are in each species in the world. This means that we are unable to predict how many there will be in the future due, for example, to … [Read more...] about How we learned to listen to elusive, threatened frogs | The Conversation
The future for frogs looks bleak, unless humans change their habits | The Conversation
Frogs in the Western Cape area of South Africa are susceptible to climate change. ShutterstockAmphibians, the oldest group of land vertebrates, are regarded as the most threatened across the globe. From Brazil’s tropical rain forests, to Canada’s temperate boreal forests, from fresh streams in the Alps to Australia’s temporary ponds, most populations are declining. Contributing … [Read more...] about The future for frogs looks bleak, unless humans change their habits | The Conversation
