Expedition blog – tracking the Hooded Grebe in Patagonia
The Erasmus Darwin Barlow Fund aims to give conservationists of the future new skills and experiences, by funding two places each year to join…
EDGE Fellows come to London for Conservation Leadership course
This September, the EDGE of Existence team are excited to be hosting 10 EDGE Fellows from our 2017 cohort. They will attend a two…
Street artist Louis Masai to paint EDGE mural at London Zoo
To mark both 10 years of the EDGE of Existence programme and celebrate the role of zoos in conservation, graffiti artist Louis Masai will…
Meet our new tapir Fellow – Marina Rivero
From bats to tapirs… This is me with my godmother Anna eating cake on my first birthday. And I believe that neither she…
Meet our new giant anteater Fellow – Vinicius Alberici
Even giants need our help! The first time I saw a giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) in the wild I was in the world’s…
Meet our new Banded Ground-cuckoo Fellow – Eliana Montenegro
My journey through the bird conservation world One of the most hardest things for me to do is to write about myself. I…
Meet our new frog Fellow – Tomás Martínez Aguirre
Insights of conservation: challenges and achievements of a young biologist My interest in biology began when I was just a little boy, and…
Meet our new volcano rabbit Fellow – Yajaira García
The challenges of being a rabbit that does not look like a rabbit In general, when we think of a rabbit, a small…
My work with the slender-snouted crocodile – by Segré EDGE Fellow Emmanuel Amoah
I have always had the burning desire to contribute significantly towards biodiversity conservation. However, in conservation, both passion and competency must go hand-in-hand to…
Meet our new Colombian dwarf gecko Fellow – Liliana Saboyá Acosta
Life in a giant land: The small world of the Colombian dwarf gecko My name is Liliana Saboyá and I’m from Colombia, a…
My work with the Round Island boa – by Segré EDGE Fellow Aurelie Hector
Breathless, speechless…those were my reactions when I found out that I was selected to become a ZSL Segré EDGE Fellow in 2017. Me, who…
Top 10 Most Amazing EDGE Reptiles
EDGE Reptiles are weird. From turtles that breathe through their genitals to chameleons the size of your thumbnail, their diversity is astonishing. Here, the EDGE of Existence Programme’s Resident Herpetologist picks his top 10 most wonderful EDGE Reptiles!
EDGE of Existence launches the EDGE Reptile list
Turtles that breathe through their genitals and chameleons the size of a human thumbnail are amongst the weird and wonderful reptiles heading for extinction unless urgent action is taken, according to the new EDGE Reptile list released by the ZSL EDGE of Existence programme.
Meet our new Cuban bat Fellow – Jose de la Cruz Mora
The Funnel-Eared Bat Natalus primus was described as extinct once… I think that one time is enough! Don’t you? Since I was small…