Press & Media
ARC has been and continues to be a resource for the media when covering imperiled wildlife, especially amphibians and reptiles, habitat restoration, and place-based conservation.
Latest Releases
For US Amphibians, Recent African Disease Study Serves as Warning and Highlights Importance of Protecting Habitat
August 6, 2024
A new study revealing that a strain of chytrid fungus (BdCAPE) resulted in the extinction of the Kihansi spray toad in Tanzania points to the urgent need to buffer…
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Mississippians to Benefit from Unique New Wildlife Habitat Protection Program
July 25, 2024
Mississippians will benefit from a landmark program to protect and restore critical wildlife habitats…
Endangered Listing for Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Is Critical First Step; What Happens Next Is Even More Important
May 29, 2024
The recent decision to list the dunes sagebrush lizard as Endangered highlights the difficulties of implementing the single most impactful solution…
ARC in the Media
Scientists are trekking into the heart of a hurricane disaster zone — to save these rare creatures
July 14, 2025
Vox
By Benji Jones
Benji Jones features our rescue missions of the critically imperiled Hickory Nut Gorge green salamander following Hurricane Helene, alongside our partners, with ARC Executive Director JJ Apodaca leading efforts to collect and safeguard the remaining individuals from destroyed habitats.
Road to glory: The eastern box turtle’s path to state symbol status
July 12, 2025
Word from the Smokies Column
Asheville Citizen Times
By Holly Kays
Holly Kays reports on the eastern box turtle’s path to becoming the state reptile in both Tennessee and North Carolina, with ARC Executive Director JJ Apodaca weighing in on the turtle’s cultural and ecological significance.
Biologists release 1,200 salamanders in restored Panhandle wetlands
May 30, 2025
Tallahassee Democrat
By Stephanie Haan-Amato
ARC Communications Director Stephanie Haan-Amato discusses the work of ARC Biologists to release more than 1,200 frosted flatwoods salamanders into restored Florida wetlands as part of a comprehensive effort to save one of North America’s most endangered amphibians.