National Wildlife Federation
National Wildlife Federation: Shining a Light on Glass Frogs
Article about naturalist Brian Kubicki and his long-term study of glass frogs and other amphibians in Costa Rica.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Amphibians
Amphibians are cold-blooded, smooth-skinned vertebrates. Most live some of their life in water and some on land. The most common amphibian critter is a frog but there are many others. Read about Wisconsin's many amphibians here.
PBS
Pbs: Nature: Frogs: The Thin Green Line
PBS documentary explores threats to the continuing survival of frogs at locations around the world owing to habitat loss, pollution, and a fungus called chytrid now known to be responsible for killing large numbers of amphibians. [50:31]
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Animals: Poison Dart Frogs
National Geographic site engages users with colorful photos and extensive facts about Poison Dart Frogs.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Frogs
The Exploratorium museum in San Francisco provides this exhibit companion site that features information about frogs including their habitats, characteristics, calls, and much more. Instructions are included for making a rain stick.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: The Amazing Adaptable Frog
Journey back over a million years ago and see how the common frog has adapted and changed.
Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum: Reptiles, Amphibians and Fishes
This online exhibit from the Natural History Museum branches out in many fields to cover the broad topics of reptiles, amphibians and fishes. Thirteen subtopics are provided including several videos and informative articles.
Scholastic
Scholastic News: Week of 7 21 14 : Can Frogs Fight Back?
Find out how scientists are working to increase the lifespan of frog populations that have been under attack by fungus.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Frog and Toad
This excellent resource from the San Diego Zoo presents extensive information on frogs and toads including details about their habitat, physical characteristics, size, diet, family life, conservation status, and fun facts. Audio clip...
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Poison Frog
This excellent resource from the San Diego Zoo presents extensive information on poison frogs including details about their habitat, physical characteristics, size, diet, family life, conservation status, and fun facts.
Oakland Zoo
Oakland Zoo: Poison Dart Frogs
Meet the poison dart frog and discover fascinating facts and statistics. Learn about its physical characteristics, habitat, diet, behavior, breeding patterns, conservation, and more.
Oakland Zoo
Oakland Zoo: Panamanian Golden Frog
Meet the Panamanian Golden Frog and discover fascinating facts and statistics. Learn about its physical characteristics, habitat, diet, behavior, breeding patterns, conservation, and more.
Oakland Zoo
Oakland Zoo: Amazon Milk Tree Frog
Meet the Amazon Milk Frog and discover fascinating facts and statistics. Learn about its physical characteristics, habitat, diet, behavior, breeding patterns, conservation, and more.
Oakland Zoo
Oakland Zoo: Golden Mantella Frog
Meet the golden mantella frog and discover fascinating facts and statistics. Learn about its physical characteristics, habitat, diet, behavior, breeding patterns, conservation, and more.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Graphing Frog Respiration
This is a lesson plan for a science lab recording and graphing the respiration of frogs. Includes background information for teachers, preparation information, and detailed explanation of the activity.
Other
All About Frogs: Life Cycle of a Frog
Understand the reproduction and life cycle of a frog from mating through spawn, eggs, tadpoles, and growing legs to the final frog. Nice details.
Other
Project Exploration: Project Frog
This site documents the field work of PhD researcher Dave Blackburn as he travels through Cameroon in the sub-Saharan region of Africa to study some little known amphibians. If you think you'd like learning about the hairy frog, or some...
University of Michigan
University of Michigan Critter Catalog: Amphibians
This site provides a general description of amphibians and then describes in detail the characteristics of local animals in southern Michigan. Pictures, classification information, and sound clips of some amphibians are provided.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Trb 4:5 Investigation 12 Amphibians & Reptiles
Activity provides for comparing and contrasting the behavior and structure of amphibians and reptiles of Utah.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Mystic Aquarium: Be a Friend to Frogs!
Learn interesting facts about frogs in this book. Frogs face dangers from human activities and you will read about some things that you can do to protect them. Includes audio narration in English and Spanish with text in English.
Other
Australian Rainforest Wildlife: Rainforest Frogs
Here you can find information on the frogs found in the Australian rainforest. Select a species for a photo and more detail.
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Animals: Red Eyed Tree Frogs
National Geographic site engages users with colorful photos and extensive facts about Red-Eyed Tree Frogs. Be sure to click on the video link to view a short clip on these fascinating animals.
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin: Amphibian Embryology
This tutorial goes into great detail describing the embryological development of amphibians. Written explanations, photos and quicktime movies are all included.