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Many New Frog Species Found

We love frogs here at FROG and this week many new frog species were found in Colombia and India according to MSN.com. Frogs are currently endangered in most of the world and are important indicators of climate change. Frogs also help scientists locate biodiversity hotspots, according to the MSN.com article. The new species found this week gives scientists a small hope for these amphibians:

“The fact that these areas still exist shows that we still have time, and we still have a chance,” he said. (Robin Moore, Amphibian Officer for Conservation International)

To read more about the new findings, click here.

Better Solar Panels Through Butterfly Technology

I like the sound of butterfly technology, it has a catchy ring to it. According to my favorite eco-friendly website, Treehugger, butterfly wings could lead to less expensive and more efficient solar panels through bio-mimicry.

Laboratory tests showed that the butterfly wing solar collector absorbed light more efficiently than conventional dye-sensitized cells. The fabrication process is simpler and faster than other methods, and could be used to manufacture other commercially valuable devices, the researchers say.

Read the full article from Treehugger here.

What a swell and beautiful idea. Maybe with a push towards renewable energy sources, this research will be utilized in the coming years in consumer friendly products.

Photo credit Treehugger

FROG says, “Please don’t eat me!”

I browse many of my favorite blogs for interesting stories and blog content, and Treehugger never lets me down. According to an article on Treehugger from Discovery News

The potential for frog population collapse from over harvesting is similar to what has happened with the world’s marine fisheries, Bradshaw said. “We should have learned our lesson from fish, and exactly the same thing is happening with frogs.”

I knew that frog legs were considered a delicacy in France, and I can understand frog meat being popular in Asia and South America. But I did not know, and can hardly believe, that the U.S. is the second largest consumer of frog meat after France, according to Treehugger. Here in the U.S. we have access to plenty of domesticated meats. We need to give frog populations a chance for survival and not eat them! (Besides, I love my FROG and frogs in general, but they are sort of slimy!)

Don’t Forget to Use FROG to View Inauguration

FROG links to many useful mobile websites to help you get your sports scores, current news and weather, and for entertainment purposes. Hopefully our dedicated FROG users have seen how useful FROG can be and spread the news to other smartphone users. Tomorrow will be a momentous day and many people may only have their smartphones available to view the presidential inauguration. Be sure to use FROG to jump to CNN Mobile to view current updates.

GoDaddy Mobile added to FROG

Many mobile web users are technology dorks, so for those of you out there (including myself!), FROG has added GoDaddy Mobile to help you manage your domain names on the go. I’m sure some people think this wouldn’t be very useful, but I can think of a number of times I thought of a new website idea, and needed to search for the availability of the domain. Domain names come and go quite quickly, so if you think of a great one and it’s available, you now can grab it right away with FROG. GoDaddy has been added in the Jump menu in the eTools and Shopping categories.

Go to FROG today!

350 is Where We Need to Be!

I keep meaning to post this and just haven’t gotten around to it until today. This fantastic video is from 350.org, a website with the commitment to lower our CO2  to 350 parts per million, showing us why it is important to lower our carbon dioxide emissions and what we can do:

Spread the word by joining 350.org!

“Boys Bar” Bikes Not So Safe

This seems like a no-brainer to anyone who has ever ridden a bike, but now it’s official. According to a Swedish study, “boys bar” bikes are unsafe for riders. My first thought is, “Oh really? I already knew that!” I ride quite often and rely on my “girls-type” bike for quick maneuvering on and off the bike. When I was younger, I had a small, yet painful, accident on a “boys bar” style bike and realized that bar is not safe, and I’m a girl! Now maybe for men or boys, riding a bike with a lower bar would be too feminine. However with the beach-cruiser style all the rage this seems like a moot point. Safety and comfort are high on my list for a pleasurable ride and this idea seems to correlate with the study findings:

It’s the ‘boy bar’ that all ‘male’ bikes use, and that are particularly important in racing bikes to maintain the stability of the bike. But when you are riding to the grocery store and back, a bike without the ball-crushing bar is much safer, Björnstig concluded, because the majority of accidents involve sudden stops and the necessity of quickly getting off and back on the bike.- Ulf Björnstig, Umeå University

Article courtesy of Treehugger

Backpacker Mobile is down

The mobile web is definitely up and coming with more people purchasing internet-enabled phones. However, it still has some signs of infancy, such as broken links which were once working. Backpacker Mobile is one of those links (see our previous post here). It has been disabled on FROG for all of our frequent FROG users and will be enabled once (and if) it becomes available again.

FROG has many other links to choose from for you mobile surfers, so keep surfing with FROG!

Happy New Year with another FROG mobile site!

Now that the hectic holiday’s have passed and the routine normalcy is creeping up, FROG has added a new mobile site, thanks to MobileMammoth.com. Footlocker Mobile has been added to the Shopping category of FROG, and you can also customize your homepage with this newly added link. We try to add functional mobile websites as frequently as we come across them. If anyone has any suggestions, please email them to us. Happy New Year!

Illustration of ways to help reduce Global Warming

I came across this image browsing Treehugger and thought is was a great way to quickly get some ideas on how each person can help reduce global warming.

photo credit:LearningFundamentals.com.au