A Chilean voice in global science: President of ONG Ranita de Darwin on the Zoological Society of London's podcast: Deep in the rainforests of southern Chile lives a tiny amphibian barely 3 centimetres long. With its angular body, pointed snout and astonishing ability to blend into the browns and greens of the forest floor, Darwin's frog (Rhinoderma darwinii) is fighting for its survival. A new podcast episode from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) tells the story of thi

The Zoological Society of London (ZSL), in collaboration with ONG Ranita de Darwin and the Binational Strategy for the Conservation of Darwin's Frogs, convened the international launch of the second edition of the Binational Darwin's Frogs Conservation Strategy. The event, held as a webinar, brought together the scientific and conservation community committed to the recovery of these unique species of the Chilean and Argentine temperate forest. During the session, scientists,

In the new article "From Population Collapse towards Recovery: Protecting Darwin's Frogs in Parque Tantauco", published as a Special Report in British Herpetological Society Reports, we estimate that approximately 76% of the known populations in the Inío sector of Chiloé were wiped out following the introduction of the chytrid fungus, and that between 850 and 1,344 Darwin's frogs died from the disease in this area alone between 2023 and 2024. It is, to date, the most complete

We are very proud to share that our Conservation Officer and Facilitator of the Binational Strategy for the Conservation of Darwin's Frogs, Claudia Faure Brauning, has been appointed Deputy Chair of the Chilean Regional Working Group of the Amphibian Specialist Group (ASG) of the Species Survival Commission (SSC) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). This appointment, covering the period 2026-2029, places her in a role of technical leadership, regional

Source RewildingChile.org Fundación Rewilding Chile (FRC), Universidad Andrés Bello (UNAB) and ONG Ranita de Darwin have signed a collaboration agreement aimed at conserving Patagonian amphibians, with a particular focus on Darwin's frog, one of Chile's most threatened species, found in the south-central zone of Chile and in Argentina. In addition to the harmful effects of climate change, the tiny amphibian – first recorded by Charles Darwin almost 200 years ago – faces habit