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Frogs

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View Resource Celebrated jumping frogs of Calaveras County continue to jump, despite some disagreements

Celebrating, and Quarreling Over, Frogs http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/us/20frog.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin Frog jumping world is split in twain over money http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/22/wfrog22.xml Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee http://www.frogtown.org/ California red-legged frog, U.S. Fish and Wildlife...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2007/0525
View Resource Frogs: A Chorus of Colors

Frogs have been on Earth for more than 200 million years, and range in size from half an inch (the Cuban tree toad) to the much larger goliath frog of West Africa, which can grow to 15 inches and weigh up to 7 pounds. As a public service, the American Museum of Natural History has created this thoughtful online site that introduces visitors to the world of frogs, and as a way of highlighting their...

https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/frogs-a-chorus-of-colors
View Resource Hermaphroditic, Demasculinized Frogs after Exposure to the Herbicide Atrazine at Low Ecologically Relevant Doses

This Web site discusses current research findings surrounding the use of the weed killer, atrazine, and sex organ deformities in frogs exposed to it. The site is actual report authored by the scientists and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) online journal. It can be viewed online or downloaded in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format for printing. The research finds...

https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.082121499
View Resource Legendary Calaveras County Frog-Jumping Contest Will Continue

The much-storied annual Calaveras County Frog-Jumping Contest, inspired by Mark Twain's humorous short story, received good news yesterday when a careful review of the California Fish and Game Code revealed that "frogs to be used in frog-jumping contests" are exempted from general wildlife rules. The problem facing the contest was that most of the frogs used in the contest today are in fact...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2003/0207
View Resource The Froggy Page

The Froggy Page -- a fun page containing links to everything froggy, including images, sounds, stories, and songs.

http://www.frogsonice.com/froggy/index.shtml
View Resource Weed Killer Deforms Sex Organs in Frogs, Study Finds

This Web site discusses current research findings surrounding the use of the weed killer, atrazine, and sex organ deformities in frogs exposed to it. The article from the New York Times summarizes the recent research report; free registration is required to view it. This site reports focus on the potential impact of atrazine on humans, but they do raise it as an important question.

https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/17/us/weed-killer-deforms-fr...