Lots of amphibians (a third to a half of all species) are dying, and their deaths are the breaking-edge of what many scientists are calling the first mass extinction since the dinosaurs checked out 65 million years ago, researchers say in a new paper published online in the Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
In the process of trying to eradicate mosquitoes in the Southern US, they are destroying the habitat that frogs need to breed. Growing up, we would find tadpoles and frogs in almost every empty field and lot. Now, with improved drainage and the push to prevent standing water, it is rare to find frogs and I never see tadpoles. The point was driven home for me recently when my son's school held a frog jumping contest. Almost no one showed up with a frog because nobody could find any. It is really sad.
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