This fellowship supports early or mid-career scientists and conservationists in research-based professionaldevelopment that furthers amphibian conservation. This fellowship is not intended to help support graduate-student research. Proposals that address species research priorities indicated in the Amphibian Red List and/or the Amphibian Ark Conservation Needs Assessment (CNA), or thematic research priorities indicated in the Amphibian Conservation […]

Compiled by the late Professor Phil Bishop, Co-Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Amphibian Specialist Group, and the Chief Scientist of the Amphibian Survival Alliance, Croak is a collection of delightful quotes and gorgeous photographs celebrating the underappreciated beauty of amphibians. The stunning, colourful images were either taken by Phil on his travels around the world […]

Dr. Axel Moehrenschlager, Chair, IUCN Species Survival Commission Conservation Translocation Specialist Group “Amphibians are rich in diversity, important in function, and cherished by many around the world.  They are also desperately in need of our help.  Fortunately, conservation translocations have already helped save many from certain extinction.  Going forward, many more species will benefit from […]

The National Geographic/Buffett Awards for Leadership in Conservation is currently soliciting nominations for the 2021 National Geographic Buffett Awards for Leadership in Conservation in Africa and Latin America. These awards honor the unsung heroes of conservation by celebrating the recipients’ past achievements and supporting their ongoing work conserving nature. Each award includes a $25,000 prize. […]

We would like to share with you our recently published paper “Using the 2020 global pandemic as a springboard to highlight the need for amphibian conservation in eastern Asia”. This is a very bittersweet moment for us as Phil Bishop, our beloved friend and colleague and last author in the paper, passed away recently from […]