Meet the 9000th amphibian: a milestone and urgent conservation call Yun-Ming Mo and Zhong Huang, Natural History Museum of Guangxi Zhi-Tong Lyu, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Jian Wang, Guangdong Polytechnic of Environmental Protection Engineering A thumbnail-sized wonder from China’s karst Calling all amphibian enthusiasts! Thrilling news from the mist-shrouded karst mountains […]

***This blog post is the long version of the editorial that will be published in the issue 128 of FrogLog. It is linked to an early-view FrogLog article celebrating the milestone*** (Almost) 50 Years of Effort on a Catalogue of Living Amphibians Darrel Frost, Department of Herpetology, American Museum of Natural History I was asked […]

At the 2025 IUCN World Conservation Congress, held in Abu Dhabi this October, members approved Motion 075 guiding the global response to the amphibian extinction crisis. This resolution underscores the urgent need for governments and donors to step up with coordinated action and long-term investment to prevent further amphibian extinctions.  Despite decades of work, the […]

The Zoological Society of London and the Green Camel Bell got together to prepare a Conservation Action Plan for Chinese Giant Salamanders (Andrias sp.) through a participative workshop in Lanzhou, China, in October 2023. The Plan is now released in English  and Chinese, and ready to be used for the conservation of all species of the […]

Our sister organisation, the Amphibian Survival Alliance (ASA), is launching the new Targeted Amphibian Research and Action Program (TARAP). This grant program provides financial support for research projects that address critical conservation needs identified in key studies such as the 2023 State of the World’s Amphibians (SOTWA) and the 2023 Amphibian Conservation Action Plan Status Review Draft (ACAP). The program is […]