First Evidence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in China: Discovery of Chytridiomycosis in Introduced American Bullfrogs and Native Amphibians in the Yunnan Province, China. See: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20372969 for full story…

Morten E. Allentoft, and John O’Brien Abstract: It is well established that a decrease in genetic variation can lead to reduced fitness and lack of adaptability to a changing environment. Amphibians are declining on a global scale, and we present a four-point argument as to why this t

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday designated 1.6 million acres in California as critical habitat for the endangered red-legged frog, made famous by Mark Twain in his story, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.” The amphibian, once so plentiful that

By Greg Miskelly for The 7.30 Report Updated Thu Mar 4, 2010 8:34pm AEDT A species of frog has been found alive in the New South Wales Southern Tablelands, more than 30 years after it was thought to have become extinct. New South Wales Environment Minister Frank Sartor announced this

What has the Seadragon Foundation Inc. got to do with the amphibian conservation and the Amphibian Ark? What have marine conservationists got to do with amphibian conservation? Jean-Michel Cousteau, the son of ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau and founder of the Oceans Future Society, j

If you thought the EDGE Mammals were strange, we now invite you to enter a world where creatures give birth through the skin of their back, can live without lungs, and may survive without food for over ten years. Some EDGE amphibians, such as the Chinese giant salamander and axolotl a