Smithsonian researcher Brian Gratwicke and colleagues describe how acoustic technology aided the remarkable rediscovery of four amphibian populations thought to have vanished from Panama’s mountain ...

High in Peru’s San Martín cloud forests, a small brown frog with golden eyes has slipped into the scientific record at the ...

An elusive high-altitude amphibian is rebounding from the brink of extinction thanks to local conservation efforts in the Himalayas. New Arena India reported that the Himalayan salamander is enjoying ...

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Sri Lanka’s isolation during past glacial cycles resulted in the evolution of unique species, but ongoing human-induced climate change now poses a major threat to their survival. Using species ...

The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI), in partnership with the Amphibian Survival Alliance (ASA), have ...

Freshwater life is vanishing at a pace that now rivals, and in some cases exceeds, losses on land and at sea. New global ...

A new study warns that 15-23% of the Philippines’ 1,294 terrestrial vertebrates face extinction, with amphibians and mammals at highest risk. Endemic species are most vulnerable, yet many lesser-known ...

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Non-profit arm of the de-extinction company secures an additional $50 million, expands global projects and partnerships, and releases its inaugural Impact Report detailing progress in the fight ...