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Author : Marty Crump
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2000-06-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0226121984
A "chronicle of Crump's three decades as a field biologist--and as a wife and mother--in South and Central America."--Jacket.
Author : Sandra Markle
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781512457650
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Panamanian golden frogs aren't just cute, little, and yellow. They're also the national symbol of Panama. But they started to disappear about fifteen years ago. What's killing them? Could it be a change in their habitat? What about pollution? Might it be a result of climate change? Follow a team of scientists working to save these frogs and protect frog populations worldwide in this real-life science mystery.
Author : Sandra Markle
Publisher : Millbrook Press ™
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781467737180
Panamanian golden frogs aren't just cute, little, and yellow. They're also the national symbol of Panama. But they started to disappear about fifteen years ago. What's killing them? Could it be a change in their habitat? What about pollution? Might it be a result of climate change? Follow a team of scientists working to save these frogs and protect frog populations worldwide in this real-life science mystery.
Author : Craig Barr Taylor
Publisher : Fulton Books, Inc.
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781649529275
Philius-a reclusive, NPR-loving, opera-singing frog-lives peacefully in the Sierra Mountain foothills in Calaveras County, California, until he realizes that frogs and toads are dying at an alarming rate from a deadly fungus. With the help of an irascible toad, several young frogs and a human he can talk to, he sets out to find a cure. What he ends up discovering changes his life forever. 1
Author : Marty Crump,Danté Bruce Fenolio
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780226116006
Recent estimates suggest that nearly 3 million people in the US alone keep an amphibian or reptile as a pet. YouTube videos with odes to cane toads are ubiquitous. And yet amphibians and reptiles also keep extermination companies in business, and are reviled by many. These emotions pose great challenges to the conservation of these species, just as their populations in the natural world are in great decline. It can be quite hard to inspire stewardship of a tomato toad in the same way that one can more generally charismatic fauna like pandas and polar bears. In response, herpetologists have created large-scale programs such as Amphibian Ark, the umbrella organization behind the Year of the Frog campaign, http: //www.amphibianark.org/, to educate and enthrall citizens with the charm of the more slimy species of the planet. Few herpetologists have contributed more to the conservation of amphibians and reptiles than Marty Crump, a renowned expert on declining amphibians. This manuscript is her ode to the toad, a masterful compilation of science and narrative centering on human relations with amphibians and reptiles across the globe. An intrepid explorer and skilled writer, Crump has gathered stories and myths and paired them with natural history to give a wonderful view of how essential amphibians and reptiles are to our well being. Using symbolism, folklore, and science, the manuscript also explores the conservation consequences of our complicated amorous and vexed affair with snakes, frogs, toads and other herpetofauna.
Author : Tim Halliday
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226184791
“A huge, beautiful compendium of 600 frogs from around the world, from the famed poison-arrow variety on up to the intriguingly named plaintive rain frog.” —Wired With over 7,000 known species, frogs display a stunning array of forms and behaviors. A single gram of the toxin produced by the skin of the Golden Poison Frog can kill 100,000 people. Male Darwin’s Frogs carry their tadpoles in their vocal sacs for sixty days before coughing them out into the world. The Wood Frogs of North America freeze every winter, reanimating in the spring from the glucose and urea that prevent cell collapse. The Book of Frogs commemorates the diversity and magnificence of all of these creatures, and many more. Six hundred of nature’s most fascinating frog species are displayed, with each entry including a distribution map, sketches of the frogs, species identification, natural history, and conservation status. Life-size color photos show the frogs at their actual size—including the colossal seven-pound Goliath Frog. Accessibly written by expert Tim Halliday and containing the most up-to-date information, The Book of Frogs will captivate both veteran researchers and amateur herpetologists. As frogs increasingly make headlines for their troubling worldwide decline, the importance of these fascinating creatures to their ecosystems remains underappreciated. The Book of Frogs brings readers face to face with six hundred astonishingly unique and irreplaceable species that display a diverse array of adaptations to habitats that are under threat of destruction throughout the world. “If you are a serious (and I mean serious) fan of the frog, you are in for a real treat.” —Boing Boing
Author : Mark O'Shea,Simon Maddock
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780691248301
A richly illustrated guide to the world’s frogs that includes species from every family With more than 7,600 known species, frogs exhibit an extraordinary range of forms and behaviors, from those that produce toxins so deadly that they could kill a human many times over to those that can survive being frozen in ice. Frogs of the World is an essential guide to this astonishingly diverse group of animals. An in-depth introduction covers everything from the origins and evolution of frogs to their life cycles and defense strategies. Beautiful illustrations accompany profiles of species from each family, shedding invaluable light on the enormous range of appearance, habitats, and behavior of these marvelous creatures. Features hundreds of stunning color photographs Covers taxonomy, anatomy, locomotion, reproduction, diet, and more Discusses the conservation of the world’s frogs An invaluable resource for herpetologists, naturalists, and anyone interested in amphibians
Author : Candace Slater
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004-03-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780822385271
The essays collected here offer important new reflections on the multiple images of and rhetoric surrounding the rain forest. The slogan “Save the Rain Forest!”—emblazoned on glossy posters of tall trees wreathed in vines and studded with monkeys and parrots—promotes the popular image of a marvelously wild and vulnerable rain forest. Although representations like these have fueled laudable rescue efforts, in many ways they have done more harm than good, as these essays show. Such icons tend to conceal both the biological variety of rain forests and the diversity of their human inhabitants. They also frequently obscure the specific local and global interactions that are as much a part of today’s rain forests as are the array of plants and animals. In attending to these complexities, this volume focuses on specific portrayals of rain forests and the consequences of these characterizations for both forest inhabitants and outsiders. From diverse disciplines—history, archaeology, sociology, literature, law, and cultural anthropology—the contributors provide case studies from Latin America, Asia, and Africa. They point the way toward a search for a rain forest that is both a natural entity and a social history, an inhabited place and a shifting set of ideas. The essayists demonstrate how the single image of a wild and yet fragile forest became fixed in the popular mind in the late twentieth century, thereby influencing the policies of corporations, environmental groups, and governments. Such simplistic conceptions, In Search of the Rain Forest shows, might lead companies to tout their “green” technologies even as they try to downplay the dissenting voices of native populations. Or they might cause a government to create a tiger reserve that displaces peaceful peasants while opening the doors to poachers and bandits. By encouraging a nuanced understanding of distinctive, constantly evolving forests with different social and natural histories, this volume provides an important impetus for protection efforts that take into account the rain forest in all of its complexity. Contributors. Scott Fedick, Alex Greene, Paul Greenough, Nancy Peluso, Suzana Sawyer, Candace Slater, Charles Zerner
Author : Marty Crump
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781590788646
A frog full of tadpoles? Impossible! Here, for the first time, is the strange but true story of Darwin's frog. After Charles Darwin discovered the frog in 1834, other researchers found that one of his specimens was packed full of tadpoles. Was the frog a cannibal, or perhaps a rare species that gave birth to live young instead of laying eggs? No. He was a male, holding the tadpoles safe in his vocal sac while they morphed into froglets. And the surprises didn't stop there. Author and frog scientist Marty Crump mines her firsthand experiences studying Darwin's frog to tell the fascinating story for young readers. Award-winning illustrators Steve Jenkins and Edel Rodriguez lend their art to a mix of beautiful photographs. Young readers will be enthralled by this story of real science, full of strange surprises.
Author : Robin Moore
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781408186350
The story of an expedition in search of the world's rarest and most exotic amphibians. On August 9, 2010, 33 teams from 21 countries were dispatched to search for the Lost Frogs identified by Conservation International. On their list were a host of species including, in the top ten most wanted, the Rio Pescado Stubfoot Toad, found only in Ecuador - which was to prove a triumphant rediscovery. Several months, a number of key rediscoveries - such as the Elegant Tropical Frog, last seen in 1937 and the Chalazodes Bubble-nest Frog - last seen in 1874 and two new species later, the Search for Lost Frogs had generated more than 650 news articles in 20 countries and over a billion potential viewers. Author Robin Moore was responsible for spearheading the Search for Lost Frogs and coordinating the teams. He also co-led two expeditions to Colombia and Haiti. In Colombia in search of the Mesopotamia Beaked Toad, the steamy jungles of the Choco yielded not the desired species but a brand new one - the Mr. Burns Toad, so-called because of an uncanny resemblance to the Simpsons' character; the species was selected as one of Time magazine's top ten new species of 2010. In Haiti the team found six frogs last seen 20 years before, including the Ventriloqual Frog, named for its ability to throw its voice. This fascinating new book tells the story of the expedition - its highs and lows, discoveries and failures and the campaign's ongoing work. Despite the campaign, one third of the world's amphibians remain threatened with extinction. Most of the species searched for were not found. But those that were provide a glimmer of hope. Understanding why these species have survived when many others have not should help us understand what makes these species different. In Search of Lost Frogs is a story of perseverance, disappointment, rediscovery, resilience, but ultimately of hope, written with passion and illustrated with the author's superb photographs.
Author : David Bevan (Short story writer)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1907341714
Author : James P. Collins,Martha L. Crump,Thomas E. Lovejoy III
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780195316940
For over 350 million years, thousands of species of amphibians have lived on earth, but since the 1990s they have been disappearing at an alarming rate, in many cases quite suddenly and mysteriously. What is causing these extinctions? What role do human actions play in them? What do they tell us about the overall state of biodiversity on the planet? In Extinction in Our Times, James Collins and Martha Crump explore these pressing questions and many others as they document the first modern extinction event across an entire vertebrate class, using global examples that range from the Sierra Nevada of California to the rainforests of Costa Rica and the Mediterranean coast of North Africa. Joining scientific rigor and vivid storytelling, this book is the first to use amphibian decline as a lens through which to see more clearly the larger story of climate change, conservation of biodiversity, and a host of profoundly important ecological, evolutionary, ethical, philosophical, and sociological issues.
Author : Martha L. Crump
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781501774508
Lost Frogs and Hot Snakes reveals the thrills and travails that herpetologists experience when working with amphibians and reptiles in the wild. With essays from fifty field biologists, this volume, edited by Martha L. Crump, presents a multifaceted yet intimate look at life in pursuit of knowledge about the natural world. From the beaches of Peru to the mountains of China, the stories in this collection place readers in the boots of field biologists as they watch, count, experiment, and survey. Some recall mishaps and misadventures—contending with leeches, dangling off a precipice while in a truck. Others tell of once-in-a-lifetime encounters—discovering a new frog species, spotting a rare snake. Together, these stories offer an understanding of what field biology is, what field biologists do, and how they go about doing it. Written with candor, warmth, and a dash of humor, the stories in Lost Frogs and Hot Snakes will encourage readers to appreciate the value of engaging with nature and of the amphibians and reptiles so critical to the vitality of our planet.
Author : Bo Beolens,Michael Watkins,Michael Grayson
Publisher : Pelagic Publishing
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781907807442
New species of animal and plant are being discovered all the time. When this happens, the new species has to be given a scientific, Latin name in addition to any common, vernacular name. In either case the species may be named after a person, often the discoverer but sometimes an individual they wished to honour or perhaps were staying with at the time the discovery was made. Species names related to a person are ‘eponyms’. Many scientific names are allusive, esoteric and even humorous, so an eponym dictionary is a valuable resource for anyone, amateur or professional, who wants to decipher the meaning and glimpse the history of a species name. Sometimes a name refers not to a person but to a fictional character or mythological figure. The Forest Stubfoot Toad Atelopus farci is named after the FARC, a Colombian guerrilla army who found refuge in the toad’s habitat and thereby, it is claimed, protected it. Hoipollo's Bubble-nest Frog Pseudophilautus hoipolloi was named after the Greek for ‘the many’, but someone assumed the reference was to a Dr Hoipollo. Meanwhile, the man who has everything will never refuse an eponym: Sting's Treefrog Dendropsophus stingi is named after the rock musician, in honour of his ‘commitment and efforts to save the rainforest’. Following the success of their Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles, the authors have joined forces to give amphibians a similar treatment. They have tracked down 1,609 honoured individuals and composed for each a brief, pithy biography. In some cases these are a reminder of the courage of scientists whose dedicated research in remote locations exposed them to disease and even violent death. The eponym ensures that their memory will survive, aided by reference works such as this highly readable dictionary. Altogether 2,668 amphibians are listed.
Author : Lee Isabella
Publisher : 펜립
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9791198302656
● Book Introduction An exciting forest story from the author\'s imagination! Ribbit the frog\'s first adventure, looking for the golden apple: a journey into an imaginary world. Ribbit the frog finds a beautiful apple tree in the green forest. He is so happy and decides to pick the apple. But suddenly, scary Parrot appears and claims that the golden apple is his own. Ribbit the frog is sad, but the story gets more interesting when his guardian Unicorn appears to comfort him. Will there be peace in the forest? Can Ribbit the frog and Parrot become friends? ● Publisher\'s Review Anyone can be friends even if they look different. A picture book for children who want to make friends, \"In Search of Golden Apples: Ribbit the Frog\'s Forest Story\" Affinity Universe\'s second picture book series, \"In Search of Golden Apples: Ribbit the Frog\'s Forest Story\" has been published. The series combines the best of web design and picture books to create a unique style and atmosphere. \"In Search of Golden Apples: Ribbit the Frog\'s Forest Story\" is a picture book for children who want to make friends. They learn about \"what is true friendship\" through the situations they can experience in a friendship and the courage to stand up for a friend. It shows that, no matter how different their looks, heights, or personalities are, anyone can be friends, as long as they are considerate of each other. What is true friendship? A story of friendship that breaks the framework of the law of the jungle. Parrot sees the golden apple on the apple tree, which is a shared asset of the forest animal friends, and claims that it is \"his.\" We see a greedy character through three scenes where he continuously bullies his friends until he takes it for himself. However, the guardian Unicorn, who is much larger than Parrot, helps Ribbit the frog get what he wants. True friendship that breaks the framework of the law of the jungle is depicted through the image of strong Unicorn who stands up for a weak friend and corrects Parrot by pointing out his mistakes. ● Author Introduction ISABELLA LEE Isabella Lee, a 7-year-old writer from Australia, is a graduate of Affinity Universe Design School. She has been drawing web design illustrations. Through the main character, Ribbit the frog, readers can be drawn into a fantastic imaginary world and experience the process of overcoming various challenges and adversities. The author conveys the message that anyone can be friends, no matter how different they look, through Ribbit the frog\'s adventure.