Certain birds, fish, and snakes eat frogs. Fewer frogs eating bugs means there are more bugs. It also means that the birds, fish, and snakes that eat frogs have to look around for different kinds of food. Any change in the food chain affects all of the animals, and it is impossible to know exactly how this will end up affecting each one. Here is just one way that frogs fit into the food chain Frog health is linked to environmental health.
Frogs live in the water, and breathe through their skin.
The scientists who study frogs can discover these problems before they get out of control. For the reasons mentioned here, and for many other reasons, scientists pay close attention to frogs. Many scientists post information to the web about disappearing frogs. If you want to look at one of these pages, follow this link. Web site for the North American Amphibian Monitoring Program.