Amphibian Rescue

E05 – A somewhat accidental amphibian rescue story from Madagascar In Episode 5 of Amphibian Rescue, we travel to the forests of eastern Madagascar to follow the story of the Golden Mantella ( Mantella aurantiaca )—a somewhat accidental rescue, and a reminder of how much it matters to be prepared. Dr. Devin Edmonds (Amphibian Ark) and Nasoavina Christin (Association Mitsinjo) take us behind the sc...

E04 – How they brought the Corroboree frogs back from the brink  In Episode 4 of Amphibian Rescue, we travel to the Australian Alps to explore a successful and long-standing rescue effort to save the Southern and Northern Corroboree frogs.   Michael McFadden, Wildlife Conservation Officer at Taronga Conservation Society Australia, takes us inside more than two decades of work to prevent the extinc...

E03 – What is conservation breeding? In this episode, Bob helps us understand how conservation breeding works as a response to the amphibian extinction crisis, especially when chytrid fungus makes protecting wild populations impossible and “insurance populations" are needed to prevent species loss. Drawing on Bob’s experience, the episode traces early work on the Puerto Rican toad (sapo concho...

E02 - Building Amphibian Ark: a crisis-response organization for threatened amphibians In Episode 2 of Amphibian Rescue, we trace the rapid shift from alarm to action that led to Amphibian Ark. After the 2004 Global Amphibian Assessment confirmed amphibians as the most threatened vertebrates and chytrid fungus spread globally, a 2005 summit in Washington, DC helped shape the Amphibian Conservation...

E01: Where have all the frogs gone? In Episode 1 of Amphibian Rescue, we go back to the beginning. Herpetologist Dr. Joe Mendelson takes us through the earliest signs of global amphibian declines and the timeline of how scientists went from dismissing the idea to finally accepting that there was a crisis to respond to. Joe recounts how scientists worldwide initially dismissed disappearances as bad...

Around the world, amphibians are disappearing. But when conservation in the wild isn’t enough, what options do we have? Amphibian Rescue is the official podcast of Amphibian Ark, sharing the stories of how a global amphibian crisis reshaped conservation—and how science, collaboration, and ex situ programs are already giving amphibian species a second chance at a future back in the wild. Launching...