Amphibians are an important component of the
global ecosystem, as indicators of environmental health and contributors to
human health. They watched the dinosaurs come and go, but today almost half
of them are themselves threatened with extinction. Addressing the amphibian
extinction crisis represents the greatest species conservation challenge in
the history of humanity.
The global conservation community has
formulated a response in the Amphibian Conservation Action Plan, and an
integral part of that response is the Amphibian Ark, in which select species
that would otherwise go extinct will be maintained in captivity until they
can be secured in the wild. Without immediate captive management as a
stopgap component of an integrated conservation effort, hundreds of species
could become extinct.
Amphibian Ark announces recipients of our 2009 AArk Seed Grants
Association Mitsinjo for “ Establishing a Captive Breeding Facility for Malagasy Amphibians”
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National Museums of Kenya for “ Conservation breeding initiative for the threatened Taita warty frog, Callulina sp. ”
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Frog stars
with Prince Charles, William and Harry to save rainforests
Daniel Craig, Prince Charles, Pele, Prince William, Prince Harry, Robin Williams, Joss Stone, Harrison Ford, and Kermit the Frog costar with a bright, green frog for a video PSA supporting the
Prince’s Rainforest Project.
There is a frog in every scene, and no other animal, which underscores that people are starting to get it: amphibians are the canaries in the coal mine for our planet’s health — and our personal health, too. As you check out the
Prince’s Rainforest Project, keep Amphibian Ark in mind, as well.
New affinity credit card from Amphibian Ark!
There's a new, convenient
way for people who support Amphibian Ark to fund our work. And it fits in a
wallet.
Amphibian Ark and
CardPartner, Inc.
have joined forces to launch the Amphibian Ark Visa affinity credit card.
When a cardholder activates the card, Amphibian Ark receives $50. The once a
month for the life of the program, Amphibian Ark receives a check for a
portion of every dollar that every cardholder charges.
Click one of the cards
below for more information or to sign up for one of these striking cards.
You'll be helping us to save amphibians across the planet!
Amphibian
Ark Visa affinity credit cards are only available in the US.
Please visit our pages, and
invite your Facebook friends to help support our cause.
Amphibian Ark's Amphibian Population Management Guidelines released
In December 2007, a group
of population biologists, amphibian husbandry experts and software
developers gathered for two days in San Diego, CA. The goal of the
workshop was to develop of a series of population management guidelines
that would cover all species of amphibians, and be useful for a
wide-ranging audience, from population biologists to amphibian breeders.
You can support Amphibian Ark when you buy or sell on eBay, with the eBay Giving Works program.
Here’s how: Amphibian Ark is part of the
eBay Giving Works program. So, you can support our mission when you buy and sell on eBay. Here’s how:
Buy:
You can find whatever you're looking for on eBay – from baseball
cards to new cars and more. When you do, shop for items that benefit us. You
can get a great deal and support Amphibian Ark at the same time! See our
Giving Works page
Sell:
You can also support Amphibian Ark when you sell on eBay. Just designate our
organization to receive 10-100% of your final sale price the next time you
list something great. See our
Giving Works page
International Zoo Yearbook Volume 42 (2008)
– Amphibian Conservation
The main focus of this volume is the global extinction crisis facing amphibians and the coordinated response of zoos and aquariums with partners (governments, museums, universities, botanical-gardens and private-sector collaborators) around the world. Together it should be possible to use the collective experience, capabilities, networks and facilities to tackle the amphibian crisis in a meaningful and systematic way.
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here for more information or to order your copy.
Jean-Michel Cousteau and Amphibian Ark in Eco Voice newsletter!
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, joins Sir David Attenborough, Jeff Corwin, and thousands of zoos, aquaria, and conservation organizations to support Amphibian Ark in rallying our planet to avert this mass extinction.
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 are relatively well
known, but others, such as the lungless salamanders
of Central America, the worm-like Sagalla caecilian, and
the mouth brooding Chile Darwin frogs (which carry their
young in their vocal sac), remain poorly understood.
AArk is pleased to announce that
Clorox® Regular-Bleach has signed on as the first official corporate sponsor of
Amphibian Ark’s “2008 Year of the Frog”. Clorox Regular bleach, an EPA-registered
fungicide, is one of the most important tools in Amphibian Ark’s fight to
save the frogs.The Clorox Company will donate Clorox® Regular-Bleach
to aid in the halt of the spread of chytrid fungus.
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You can support Amphibian Ark when you buy or sell on eBay, with the eBay Giving Works program.
