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By Phil Bishop It’s been a long time coming, but finally, Orana Wildlife Park in Christchurch (New Zealand) have their Leiopelma captive breeding centre up and running. During the launch of the Year of Frog campaign in New Zealand I presented a talk on the global Amphibian Extinction Crisis to an eager audience in June […]

As part of a SOS African Wildlife initiative, funded by the European Union, we are inviting proposals for Rapid Action Grants to respond to threats linked to the COVID-19 crisis and its consequences. Rapid Action Grants are also available for conservation emergencies that respond to non-COVID-19 related threats. Maximum grant size for the Rapid Action Grant is […]

ASG Habitat Protection & Management Co-Chair and just appointed regional chair for Southern Africa, Jeanne Tarrant, is the recipient of a Whitley Award this year! Jeanne Tarrant has won a prestigious Whitley Award to support her quest to save threatened amphibians. Jeanne works for the Endangered Wildlife Trust, where she manages the Threatened Amphibians Program. […]

World leaders in reptile and amphibian research say there is an urgent international need to acknowledge the evidence for global climate change and take immediate action to help save these vulnerable animals. The Aotearoa Climate Change Declaration was announced at the 9th World Congress of Herpetology (the study of the reptiles and amphibians) held lastweek […]

Millions of organisms on the planet have not yet been catalogued, impairing our ability to responsibly manage and conserve the planet’s resources. National Geographic, in an attempt to fill some of these gaps, has launched three new grant opportunities around Species Discovery: Biodiversity Exploration and Discovery, Citizen Science for Species Discovery, and Artificial intelligence for Species Discovery . These […]