Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:03 am – Posted by Phil Bishop | 5 Comments
Guest blogger, Frog scientist & conservationist, Phil Bishop
One of the commonest questions people ask me is “Why frogs? What makes them so special to you?” and it’s a hard one to answer.
Often I reply with a flippant suggestion that maybe I was a frog in a previous life, but when I sit down and try to ask myself that question, I realise that at a very early age, roundabout 4 years old, I had an ‘up-close and personal encounter’ with a common British toad and basically fell in love (as much as a toddler could) with amphibians.
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Tags: amphibian chytrid virus, archey's frog, frogs, recovery, research
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Fri, 19 Dec 2008 9:34 am – Posted by Heather Anderson | 5 Comments
I write this diary from the Sealers Bay hut, Codfish Island, Whenuahou. I have just arrived on this beautiful 1396 hectare nature reserve which lies to the north west of Stewart Island, in the most celebratory fashion. I was flown in on a fixed wing light aircraft across the Foveaux Strait which homed in on a magnificent landing on Sealers Bay beach. I hadn’t known what to expect of Cod fish Island but the sight I beheld surpassed my wonderings and wanderings.
Photo: Tama Pugsley
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Tags: breeding, codfish island, kakapo, recovery
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