The Preliminary CEPA Campaigns towards Chinese Giant Salamanders Were Conducted in Kunming, Yunnan, China
by Becky Shu Chen (IoZ, ZSL) The Darwin Initiative Project entitled “A sustainable future for Chinese giant salamanders” includes a strong Communication, Education and…
Field survey workshop for the Chinese giant salamander in Fanjingshan
Guest Blog: EDGE Fellow Lv Jingcai talks about a recent workshop for the Chinese giant salamander held in China The field survey workshop of…
Rare mouth brooding frog could possibly be extinct
Former EDGE fellow Claudio Soto-Azat has recently published a paper on the conservation of Darwin’s frogs, which includes the northern Darwin’s frog (Rhinoderma rufum)…
Deadly fungus found in caecilians
As explained in this blog post from 2011 chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) is one of the primary reasons that amphibians face the greatest risk…
EDGE Zones – EDGE species mapped for the first time
Since its inception the EDGE of Existence programme has been identifying the top EDGE species in a number of taxonomic classes and has begun…
A brutal killer of the Chinese giant salamander
Zhou Feng’s EDGE Fellowship project focuses on diagnosing pathogens that threaten the Chinese giant salamander. In her latest blog, she tell us about the…
Unveiling the characteristics of torrent frogs
Since the last week of March, heavy rains have been pouring in Kenya. Catastrophic floods and massive landslides, in which numerous people have lost…
Turning a childhood hobby into a career
EDGE Fellow Caleb Ofori Boateng is one of West Africa’s leading herpetologists and through his EDGE Fellowship he will now be championing the little…
Giant salamander conservation in China
Meet Fang Yan and Lv Jingcai, two EDGE Fellows who will be researching the Chinese giant salamander (CGS) in their home country of China….
Facing Mount Elgon with great optimism
EDGE Fellow Jacob starts his adventure in search of an elusive EDGE amphibian species… I cannot tell the number of times that I have…
Introducing EDGE Fellow Shu Chen
Meet Shu Chen, one of our new EDGE Fellows working on the Chinese giant salamander in her native country of China. In this introductory blog,…
Introducing EDGE Fellow Zhou Feng
My name is Zhou Feng and I come from Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China. I am really looking forward to starting my EDGE Fellowship and…
Our Unknown World
A sound knowledge of the number of species on earth is vital for predicting extinction rates and subsequently for our understanding of conservation and…
Negros Interior Biodiversity Expedition – Part III
To refresh yourselves on parts I and II of this blog trilogy please click here and here. 2012 has finally passed and with it…