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20th Jul 10
In fantastic news for nature conservation, the New Zealand Government announced today it has abandoned plans to mine 7000 hectares of land protected under Sc... Read
19th Jul 10
A massive occupancy monitoring programme has been initiated over the past 18 months to assess the persistence of lorises in over 100 of the remaining fragmen... Read
18th Jul 10
EDGE mammal number 46, the remarkable golden-rumped elephant-shrew, is the Species of the Day! Elephant-shrews (or sengi's) are so-named because they have... Read
12th Jul 10
EDGE Amphibian number 80 - the wonderful Luristan newt (Neurergus kaiseri) - is today's Species of the Day! The Luristan newt is the smallest of the four ... Read
6th Jul 10
Asian river dolphins are among the most threatened large vertebrates, because the regions where they occur have high human population densities, resource ove... Read
21st Jun 10
The fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) is a unique carnivore, endemic to Madagascar, is EDGE Mammal number 43, and is today's IUCN Species of the Day. There has ... Read
17th Jun 10
I don’t know how but the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) figured out that it is my birthday today (17th June) and I suspect that'... Read
13th Jun 10
The smallest mammal in the world is EDGE Mammal number 49 and is today's Species of the Day. This tiny bat weighs less than 2 grams. Its body is about the si... Read
11th Jun 10
There are only 9 days left until the final 40 bands are picked for the Storm the Charts campaign, which is fundraising for EDGE conservation projects. Sto... Read
7th Jun 10
Four top priority EDGE species have been highlighted in a unique fashion collection, Simply Rare, which features the long-beaked echidna, slender loris, saig... Read