Amphibian News
EU countries must do more to protect biodiversity
European Union countries should step up their conservation efforts and fully implement the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 to prevent species from going extinct, according to a recent analysis of… | French | Spanish
02 May 2013 | News story
Two New Salamanders Discovered
A team of young researchers from Colombia have recently published an article in the journal Zootaxa describing two new species of salamander discovered during a project supported by the…
11 Feb 2013 | News story
In Golden Ponds
It is a symbolic irony the Golden Mantella frog’s habitat and the species’ very survival is under threat due to the proliferation of artisanal gold mining among the rivers and ponds that form its…
29 Jan 2013 | News story
Pangolin takes top spot
Early in 2012, The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ Facebook page was launched. Featuring a new Amazing Species every week and sharing the latest IUCN Red List news, the page is a new way for…
19 Dec 2012 | Article
Kihansi Spray Toad returns to the wild
Classified as Extinct in the Wild on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, the Kihansi Spray Toad (Nectophrynoides asperginis)is the focus of conservation efforts involving the International…
17 Dec 2012 | News story
Body-snatchers and vampires!
This Halloween, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has dug up some of the spookiest, creepiest species on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.
31 Oct 2012 | Article
More highlights from the latest IUCN Red List update
In the most recent update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, there were both new additions and changes to the status of species already listed. Good news included the rediscovery of two…
26 Oct 2012 | Article
Amphibian conservationist recognized by Whitley Award
Carlos Vásquez Almazán, a member of the IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, received a 2012 Whitley Award in May 2012 in recognition of his outstanding amphibian conservation works in Guatemala.
08 Oct 2012 | Article
IUCN and Microsoft form unique partnership to tackle species extinction
Microsoft and IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, jointly announced today at the 2012 IUCN World Conservation Congress in South Korea, the formation of a new partnership to… | French | Spanish
11 Sep 2012 | International news release
Securing the web of life
The source of our food, medicines and clean water, as well the livelihoods of millions of people may be at risk with the rapid decline of the world’s animal, plant and fungispecies. The latest update… | French | Spanish | Portuguese
19 Jun 2012 | International news release
