Adequate Resources for Amphibian Programs

...back into the wild, as well as how to distribute the progeny of captive animals in the interim. Given these potential complications, the AArk recommends that ex situ management is...
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Establishing Programs

...underway without following all of these steps, the Amphibian Ark recommends that where possible, all these steps are followed, to ensure the best possible outcome for the population being managed....
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Amphibian Resources

facilities, and links to a wide range of other amphibian husbandry resources. Access to our Science and Research page, which provides a guide for amphibian research. The portal also offers...
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AArk Staff

AArk’s Conservation Grants Program and the Program Progress database of ongoing ex situ amphibian conservation programs. She also develops communications strategies, messages, newsletters and other materials to promote understanding and...
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What are Amphibians?

and salamanders) – about 767 species Gymnophiona or Apoda (caecilians) – about 215 species   Frogs and Toads Newts and Salamanders Caecilians Most people are familiar with frogs, toads, newts...
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Species Fact Sheets

AArk partners around the world have compiled a series of species information pages on some of the more endangered amphibian species. These species fact sheets provide basic biological information, as...
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AArk Activities

...wider amphibian conservation community. Promoting the successes that our partners are achieving with their amphibian conservation programs. Initiating Advisory Committees to assisting our partners with population management, biobanking, husbandry/b
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Species Management

...Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (CPSG), European Association of Zoos and Aquariums (EAZA), Zoo and Aquarium Association (Australasia), World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA), and many more....
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Fundraising for Kids

Sell raffle tickets for prizes or host an auction. These prizes or auction items could be donated by parents, local companies or by community residents. Or they could be crafts...
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Endangered spray toads return to Tanzania

By Maura O’Connor — Special to GlobalPost Published: August 20, 2010 06:27 ET in Africa DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania and NEW YORK — When it came to a choice between...
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