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Golden Rule
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tree frog
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frog
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Frogs; Everything you need to know to look like you know about...(etc.)
Newspaper article from: The Record (Kitchener, Ontario); 5/17/2008; 700+ words ; ...forest. But what do you really know about...actors as Kermit the Frog? Scientific mumbo-jumbo: Frogs and toads are amphibians...slimy smooth skin. Frogs lay eggs in clusters...bullfrog, common frog, green frog, leopard...pickerel frog and wood frog. Toads are ...
Rainforest frogs: vanishing act? Frog populations around the world are dying off mysteriously. Can scientists save them--before it's too late? (Amphibians/Ecology).(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Science World; 3/11/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...RAINFORESTS SEEM to have everything any frog could...that hundreds of frog species are abruptly...were so abundant you had to be careful...Amphibians like frogs, toads, and...clouds. "We study frogs in national parks...pesticides. But frogs are still dying...the tools they ...
Frogs in peril. (dead and deformed frogs spell trouble for humans)
Magazine article from: Popular Science; 12/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...know how to find frogs," he recalls...to my favorite frog places - and he...black harlequin frog, whose lovemaking...Blair Hedges. "You cut down trees, and you don't see frogs anymore." Another...ponds, Jeffersons need water that is...are blamed for everything from ...
Le Sueur's Frog Group basks in limelight; Deformity research proves that kids can be scientists, too.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 10/5/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...program on deformed frogs last week that included...Cassie Nielson, a Frog Group student who...theorized that the frog deformities are caused...selection or even frogs cannibalizing their...is not something you should goof off about...keeper. "You need to keep ...
The royal treatment Pucker up: Zoologists name 2008 the Year of the Frog.(Neighbor)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 2/29/2008; 700+ words ; ...to love a local frog. Forget everything you know about frogs turning into handsome...face worldwide. Frogs are disappearing...where the wood frog once hopped freely...of little guys you might be able to...region about why frogs, often called...
Mountain chicken: Dr. Godfrey Borne hopes people can hunt these frogs and save them, too.
Magazine article from: Highlights for Children; 7/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...and it is a frog. The mountain...for an ordinary frog. Crapauds live...mountains. The frogs are active at...catching wild frogs. If the mountain...gardens. Otherwise everything would have been...talk to him! Frog Science Dr. Godfrey...Mountain chickens need rain forest ...
Frog and dance lift spirits at parade.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 8/14/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...appears on virtually everything Puerto Rican, including...Elgin. "And when you push it, it makes...Puerto Rico. "I need all the points I...spare time, he is a frog specialist and wants...at the feet of the frog float and snapped a few pictures. The frog also can be found...indigenous ...
Leap Frogs to fall out of the sky
Newspaper article from: Capital (Annapolis); 10/27/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...apiece," said Leap Frog member Petty Officer...reading chair. "You don't have to trust...a safe landing if you roll out that door...skydiving a bit. "You never get a sensation...parachutes, the Leap Frogs use slow the jumper...We jump from everything," he said. "It...because each ...
Village says it needs bullfrogs Lindenhurst decides frog population too low.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 7/25/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...some new ones. The frogs will be distributed...cracking up some local frog experts. They say...the most abundant frog in the country and in Lake County. The frogs are aggressive and eat everything - including each...around here where you can't see bullfrogs...Anderson said. ...
Fed: Angry frog secretions hold promise for wound repair
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 9/28/2004; 509 words ; ...to repair. "If you remove the meniscus you're at a much...Internally you need things where cells...and oxygen and everything can diffuse into...to present their frog glue research at...looking at farming frogs." AAP kbw/pw...