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Our last Frog-a-Day episode! We didn't manage all 30 days but we only missed 2. We ended up learning a lot about frogs and we hope you did too! Thanks for everything, especially to Henry, and until next time, be nice to animals! *** Urban Wildlife Institute at the Lincoln Park Zoo https://www.lpzoo.org/conservation-science/science-centers/urban-wildlife-institute/
The final frog of our series is the newly discovered zombie frog! Learn all about it from Moss.
Frogs have some interesting ways to get oxygen and Curt tells us all about it!
Part 3 of 4 of our chats with Henry the Herpetologist from the Lincoln Park Zoo!
What does the Red-Eyed Tree Frog have to do with the video game, Frogger? Come on along and find out!
This episode is about THE PHANTASMAL POISON FROG. And it's with Megan Danger. Listen to it now!
JOIN THE CAST OF VARMINTS! PODCAST FOR OUR SERIES OF FROG-A-DAY SHOWS TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL PODCAST POSTING MONTH. TODAY: WE DISCUSS A NEAT ARTICLE ABOUT HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER (A REALLY COOL THING WE'LL EXPLAIN IN THE EPISODE) SEEMS TO HAPPEN LIKE CRAZY BETWEEN SNAKES AND FROGS IN MADAGASCAR. READ THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE BY VERONIQUE GREENWOOD AT THIS LINK: HOW GENES CAN LEAP FROM SNAKES TO FROGS IN MADAGASCAR https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-genes-can-leap-from-snakes-to-frogs-20221027/#0
Join Megan for a paean of praise in honor of the redoubtable, remarkable resident of leafy litter and loamy loam, the long-nosed frog!
In your face, Wood Frog, the Crab Eating Frog also has a super power!
Hop around with Donna to talk about the ittiest bittiest frog in the whole ding dang world!
Join Curt for a little Colorado chat about our native Red Spotted Toad!
Join Moss to learn about the lovely Surinam Toad! Warning: Trypaphobia people might not want to look up pics of this one.
Come hang out with Curtis and learn about Diane's Bare-Hearted Glass Frog!
It's a Frog A Day for NaPodPoMo! Picture credit: By Andreas Schlüter - http://calphotos.berkeley.edu, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6767969
Part one of a four part series of interviews with Henry Adams from the Lincoln Park Zoo's Urban Wildlife Institute! The first show of our month long shows about frogs, A Frog a Day for National Podcast Posting Month.
Join Donna, Curt, and Moss for a sheep chat with Bill from Smiling Dog Farm! https://www.smiling-dog-farm.com/
Varmints returns to the fold with a big, wooly episode. Join Donna, Curtis, Megan, and Moss and frolick like a lamb in springtime while you learn about domestic sheep!
