Those dedicated to the cause and profession advocate for a global response to the current biodiversity crisis based on morals, ethics, and scientific reason.

He chose frogs as research subjects because he wanted to do "basic science that could be applied toward solving some real-world problems, like the biodiversity crisis.

We fret about the biodiversity crisis, the quickening extinction of plants and animals around the world.

"There's a lot of evidence that we're in a biodiversity crisis," he says.

CBSG's work in conservation is based on a central philosophy: that people from many different backgrounds and perspectives are required to address the global biodiversity crisis.

But the community comprising these individuals is responding to the biodiversity crisis by setting priorities and defining focused research programmes.

- The current rate of species extinction signifies an unprecedented biodiversity crisis.

"This exhibition endeavors to break through the public's lack of awareness of the biodiversity crisis," Ms. Futter said.

This is called a biodiversity crisis, because 50% of the worlds species are predicted to go extinct within the next 50 years.

Yet the biodiversity crisis has given Wilson a new public prominence.