Stories

Ole Dost - a Protestand pastor and biologist - became a toad conservationist on a bike tour in Mallorca: in the course of saving a critically endangered toad.

Anna Rauhaus is a caretaker in the Cologne Zoo’s aquarium. Colleagues around the world value her knowledge and expertise in amphibian care.

Thanks to Doris Preininger's and Thomas Wampula's efforts, the special Pátzcuaro salamanders have found a welcoming new home in Vienna's Zoo.

Karl-Heinz Jungfer is a biology teacher. In his free time, he researches frogs. He wants to save a poisonous frog from the aftermath of the Venezuelan gold rush.

In his spare time, the veterinarian Tobias Eisenberg breeds endangered tree frogs from Latin America.

Uwe Seidel und Philip Gerhardt have a combined 50 years of experience in breeding fire salamanders. For almost a decade, they've shared the same hobby.