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CMS-Discovery Channel partnership  -  Oct 31, 2008
CharlotteObserver.com,Corwin, whose program on the vanishing golden frog of Central and South America's tropical forests will debut Nov. 20 on the Animal Planet, also conducted a

Sorry, Fugu: Japan's blowfish may be exquisite, but Korea's take ...  -  Nov 5, 2008
LA Weekly,Blowfish, of course, is one of the most poisonous vertebrates in the world, second perhaps only to the golden frog of South America.

Humans ‘drive biggest mass extinction since dinosaurs’  -  Oct 25, 2008
Times Online,The Panamanian golden frog, the national symbol of Panama, in February 2008. The west African black rhino, in July 2006 – wiped out by poaching for its horn

Gyula Pados  -  Oct 29, 2008
Variety,He has since shot two films for fellow Hungarian dp Lajos Koltai, including "Fateless," for which he won the Golden Frog at Cameraimage, and last year's

Scientists can explain cause of amphibian extinction crisis  -  Nov 13, 2008
Mongabay.comPhoto by Rhett A. Butler Panama's golden frog (Atelopus zetecki), a species that may now be extinct in the wild due to Chytridiomycosis.

Manitowoc artist showcased at Fox River Trail, auction  -  Sep 22, 2008
Herald Times Reporter,Dalberg’s "Panamanian Golden Frog" was on display along the Fox River Trail until Sept. 2. Art pieces in the display will go to auction beginning at 6 pm

Frog Quest Jumps to Costa Rica  -  Sep 3, 2008
Prensa Latina,London, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) Researchers from Manchester University and the Chester Zoo will search in Costa Rica for threatened amphibians, including the

'Z Factor' show to find new Sir David  -  Sep 16, 2008
The Sun,Sir David eyes up golden frog Already dubbed “Zoo Factor�, To The Ends of the Earth will whittle down applicants to eight, none of whom must have television

â€?Bildidén försvinner ofta snabbtâ€?  -  Aug 30, 2008
Svenska Dagbladet,Helen Blomqvist låter dockdjur vara huvudpersoner i sin nya utställning The last golden frog som i helgen öppnat på galleri Angelika Knäpper.

Galleri Angelika Knäpper, Tegnérgatan 4  -  Sep 13, 2008
Svenska Dagbladet,Samma metod och estetik gäller för den senaste serien The Last Golden Frog. Den består av tolv digitalfoton i stora format.

Panamanian golden frog focus of 2008 Zoomerang  -  Aug 6, 2008
Baltimore Community Times,This year Zoomerang honored the zoo’s endangered Panamanian golden frog, in keeping with the “Year of the Frog Celebration!

The Art of Feng Shui  -  Aug 11, 2008
American Chronicle,In the southeast section of the room, place the image of a golden frog to increase wealth and prosperity in your life. The most powerful images consist of

Population Bomb Author's Fix For Next Extinction: Educate Women  -  Aug 12, 2008
Scientific AmericanBy David Biello SIXTH EXTINCTION: The Panamanian golden frog, pictured here, is extinct, thanks to a lethal combination of habitat destruction,

Front Page  -  Aug 6, 2008
The Buckeye Lake Beacon,The winner of the Super Jump receives a tall trophy adorned with a golden frog. Ashley Smith, a 4-H member, had what some may consider the unenviable job of

Barbeque chicken draws hundreds to Fountain City Festival  -  Aug 10, 2008
Winona Daily News,Rick Halverson, co-owner of the Golden Frog bar and restaurant in Fountain City, said he has raised money to buy fireworks for the annual display for about

BEFORE BASEBALL, THE BARBECUE  -  Aug 6, 2008
Monterey County Herald,It's a golden frog from Puerto Rico, which is one of the rarest," he said. "I got it about four years ago, and had to trade about three of my pins to get it

New Faces on Webster  -  Jul 31, 2008
Alameda Sun,More Cowbell, an idea formulated by manager Steve Kennedy and Alisha Luther, is a business offering vintage and retro fashions, while Berkeley's Golden Frog

Will Camp Lose Its Spark?  -  Jul 19, 2008
The Daily Astorian,She developed the seven "golden frog rules," a set of guidelines that she uses as a contract with campers to keep them in line.

Golden Frogs can't get a break  -  Mar 27, 2008
Baltimore Sun,His reporting disclosed that in 2003 and 2004, there was a spike in deaths among the zoo's Panamanian Golden Frog population. In its recent accredation

Panama’s (un)Lucky National Animal: The Golden Frog  -  Mar 26, 2008
Panama Travel News,Panama’s famous golden frog of El Valle de Anton west-central Panama, may have become extinct in the wild since 2006. A large number of amphibians,

Victoria Beckham for Marc Jacobs  -  Apr 7, 2008
Marie Claire.co.uk,In a second shot, Mrs Beckham grips onto Jacob's new must-have bag, which features a golden frog. Mirroring a fairytale motif, Posh leans in as if she is

Fort Worth Zoo Run Run  -  Mar 28, 2008
NBC5i.com,Three others — the Panamanian golden frog, the Mantella and the tomato frog, are also threatened in the wild. Funds raised from the Zoo Run Run support

Climate change: Time is running out  -  Apr 1, 2008
CNNPlagued by the chytrid fungus -- which has thrived as water and air temperatures change -- the Panamanian golden frog is all but extinct in the wild.

Titan to republish three more classic ‘Modesty Blaise’ comic strip ...  -  Apr 16, 2008
UK SF Book News Network,...and in The Golden Frog, our fighting femme must journey to Cambodia, to rescue the master who trained her from the clutches of an evil regime.

A last look at Life  -  Apr 13, 2008
The West Australian,From the giant tortoises of the Galapagos to the tiny Panamanian golden frog, Life in Cold Blood is impressive in its scope. “The overall thesis of the

Beckham Watch  -  Apr 8, 2008
4TheGame,See Posh pouting at a golden frog! - has not been positive. And just when she thought it couldn't get any worse, here comes Joan Rivers.

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo fighting to save the frogs  -  Apr 1, 2008
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com,Cleveland Metroparks Zoo The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo began sheltering the Panamanian golden frog in 2005 to save it from the deadly fungus killing

Leap Day at Denver Zoo  -  22 Feb 2008
Cherry Creek News,Denver Zoo also is involved in Project Golden Frog (PGF), which is working to ensure the survival of this species. Denver Zoo staff has visited Panama

'Last wave' for wild golden frog  -  Feb 1, 2008
BBC News,The Panamanian golden frog communicates with other frogs by semaphore in the form of gentle hand waves. It has evolved the mechanism to signal to rivals and

The Panamanian golden frog declared extinct by BBC Natural History ...  -  Feb 4, 2008
Mongabay.comThe filmmakers achieved their objective and captured the golden frog on film, including rarely seen behavior. The golden frog was devastated by the chytrid

British Film Crew Gets Rare Footage of ‘Waving’ Frog  -  Feb 4, 2008
RedOrbit,A British film crew has captured footage of a rare Panamanian golden frog waving, wrestling and courting for the first time. The golden frog, known as

A Species Waves Goodbye  -  Feb 4, 2008
Wired NewsBy Brandon Keim February 04, 2008 | 12:16:58 PMCategories: Animals, Religion There's no way that a Panamanian golden frog filmed by the BBC in 2006 could

This leap year think of frogs; good indicators of what's happening ...  -  Feb 5, 2008
The Canadian PressSome species affected by the fungus have been successfully bred in captivity, like the Panamanian golden frog. But fast action is critical if

National Zoo Leaps to Support Year of the Frog  -  Feb 11, 2008
Media Newswire (press release),One critically endangered species sustained by the National Zoo is the Panamanian golden frog. This species was driven to extinction in the wild by the

Breakfast of Champions: 2/8  -  Feb 8, 2008
Minneapolis City Pages,These days I'm thinking a lot about the Panamanian Golden Frog. The Phil Hansen feature is partially to blame for this. A video at the bottom of this post

Zoo will be hoppin' on Leap Day  -  Feb 18, 2008
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,Panamanian golden frog: These frogs lack an outer ear and hear by picking up vibrations in their jaw bones. They also communicate by waving their hands.

Too many endangered species, too little time  -  Feb 5, 2008
Plenty Magazine,Waving Good-bye - Say farewell to the Panamanian golden frog, which recently waved good-bye to TV cameras for Sir David Attenborough's latest nature series.

Knox’s Wireless Green  -  Feb 9, 2008
Environmental Graffiti,And a BBC documentary showed the first footage ever captured of a rare Panamanian Golden Frog. The frog waved, as if to say goodbye.

Life In Cold Blood Monday, Bbc1, 9pm  -  Feb 8, 2008
Glasgow Daily Record,In Panama, David meets the rare golden frog - filmed for the last time in the wild. After filming, the last remaining wild frogs were taken into captivity

TV Review - Life In Cold Blood, BBC One, Monday, 9pm  -  Feb 12, 2008
TV Scoop,We're losing some of our most important creatures... and in the case of the Panamanian Golden Frog, we're too late to do anything about it.

Science, Not Romance, Controls Mating At Smithsonian's National Zoo  -  Feb 8, 2008
Science Daily (press release)The Panamanian golden frog, now extinct in the wild, has a unique style of breeding. Male golden frogs are quite persistent when it comes to mating and will

Attenborough fears for nature shows  -  Jan 23, 2008
The Press AssociationFirsts include the Panamanian golden frog waving and a rattlesnake hunting in the wild, the caecilian, a worm-like amphibian, allowing her young to feast on

Life in Cold Blood  -  Feb 11, 2008
Mirror.co.uk,...and some super-cute frogs, including the arm waving Panamanian golden frog, which is actually orange and looks a bit like a giant jelly sweet.

Rocky Hall rumble  -  Nov 19, 2007
Bega District News,A tiny golden frog, about the size of my thumb nail, sat inside its echo chamber. It blinked at me, and then cleared its throat, as if embarrassed at having

Guillermo Navarro’s Filmmaking Fairytale  -  Nov 19, 2007
MovieMaker Magazine,Navarro also won the Independent Spirit Award and the Golden Frog at the Camerimage International Festival of the Art of Cinematography in Lodz, Poland,

Slimy salamander spawns: Rare breeding is good news at Toledo Zoo  -  22 Oct 2007
Toledo Blade,The zoo also recently played midwife to its first golden frog birth. The frog, Atelopus zeteki, is the national symbol of Panama and is severely endangered

New Golden Frog Found In Colombia, Two Centimeters Long  -  Sep 25, 2007
ScienceModeThe new frog, which is almost two centimetres in length, was given the name the “golden frog of Supatá.� Originally, the young scientists thought the frog

Madeira Beach official joins city staff  -  Oct 15, 2007
St. Petersburg Times,...about his recent trip to Panama to study the endangered golden frog at 7 pm Thursday at Moccasin Lake Nature Park, 2750 Park Trail Lane, Clearwater.

SPECIAL TO THE NEWS  -  Oct 10, 2007
New York Daily News,Gold Commander One was short a half charging home six wide placing a neck before The Golden Frog at Turfway; advances. The latter subsequently sank to third

Genetic analysis conducted on frog fungus  -  Aug 9, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...full story Hundreds Of Rare Golden Frog Tadpoles Have Been Hatched (May 7, 2007) -- Hundreds of golden frog tadpoles have hatched as part of the Golden Frog



Houston Zoo has a hand in Panama frog rescue  Oct 27, 2006
...thriller, zookeepers from Houston and elsewhere have haunted the cloud forests of Panama for months, trying to save the revered Panamanian golden frog from a ... - Houston Chronicle,

"Frog Hotel" to Shelter Panama Species From Lethal Fungus  Nov 2, 2006
...map). Dead frogs, including the golden frog—a symbol of good luck in Panama—have been found scattered throughout the area. So ... - National Geographic,

McNerney is giving Pombo a run for his money  Oct 27, 2006
The hotel now houses more than 300 frogs of 40 threatened species -- frogs with translucent skin, frogs that look like rocks, and the golden frog, a symbol of ... - Grist Magazine,
Meet the other babies at the National Zoo Mar 4, 2006
Panamanian golden frogs: These tiny and beautifully colored leapers are in such danger that an international effort, Project Golden Frog (www.ranadorada.org ...
Arizona Republic,

Meet the National Zoo's babies Feb 26, 2006
These tiny and beautifully colored leapers are in such danger that an international effort, Project Golden Frog (www.ranadorada.org), has been launched to ...
Macon Telegraph,
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