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Hope for amphibians: the comeback stories

As many as 222 amphibian species could already have gone extinct, and 2,873 are in danger of extinction, says the second Global Amphibian Assessment, which has been published on 4 October 2023 in the journal Nature. This is our third and final piece on the second Global Amphibian Assessment. Part I summarised the science, [...]

By |2024-08-19T13:07:03+00:00October 6th, 2023|Amphibians, Extinction, Global Amphibian Assessment, IUCN, Knowledge Base, Red Listing|Comments Off on Hope for amphibians: the comeback stories

Amphibian extinctions: forgotten today, gone tomorrow

As many as 222 amphibian species could already have gone extinct, and 2,873 are in danger of extinction, says the second Global Amphibian Assessment, which has been published on 4 October 2023 in the journal Nature. Our first piece covering this monument of amphibian research dives into the importance of amphibians, the key threats [...]

By |2024-09-19T13:12:53+00:00October 5th, 2023|Amphibians, Extinction, Global Amphibian Assessment, IUCN, Knowledge Base, Red Listing|Comments Off on Amphibian extinctions: forgotten today, gone tomorrow

The overlooked extinction crisis: amphibians

As many as 222 amphibian species could already have gone extinct, and 2,873 are in danger of extinction, says the second Global Amphibian Assessment, which has been published in the journal Nature. The study analyses two decades’ worth of data from around the world, evaluating the extinction risk of 8,011 amphibian species for the [...]

By |2024-09-19T13:10:51+00:00October 4th, 2023|Amphibians, Extinction, Global Amphibian Assessment, IUCN, Knowledge Base, Red Listing|Comments Off on The overlooked extinction crisis: amphibians