Introducing Marta
My name is Marta Gaworek-Michalczenia. Straight from the start I want to thank Helen Meredith for giving me the opportunity and privilege to blog…
The search for Lost Frogs
During August and December 2010 Conservation International (CI), in collaboration with the IUCN Amphibian Specialist Group (ASG) and Global Wildlife Conservation (GWC), supported expeditions…
VIE Marking of Tadpoles
The latest update from EDGE Fellow Werner Conradie. Hewitt’s Ghost Frog (Heleophryne hewitti) was considered critically endangered, with a declining population. This was due…
EDGE Fellows visit London
Last week two EDGE Fellows, Werner Conradie and Saman Gamage visited London to speak at the Zoological Society of London’s Communicating Science event: “Life…
EDGE is Four Years Old!
This week sees the 4th anniversary of the launch of the EDGE of Existence programme! To celebrate, Carly the programme manager, made a special…
Close up to Andrias, despite the smell and the teeth
Darren Naish is a fantastic advocate of everything to do with tetrapod zoology through his excellent blog. From fossils to modern day creatures, and…
Forest Rehabilitation and Tree Planting
An update from James Mwang’ombe, the supervisor of EDGE Fellow Dorine Shali, both of whom are contributing to the conservation of the Sagalla caecilian…
EDGE amphibian is IUCN Species of the Day
Today’s IUCN Species of the Day is EDGE amphibian number 15, the Table Mountain ghost frog (Heleophryne rosei). The family to which the Table…
New population of Darwin's frogs discovered
A second update from EDGE Fellow Claudio Soto-Azat. Darwin’s frogs are two species of endangered anurans endemic to the native template beech forests of…
Following Darwin's frogs in Europe!
An update from EDGE Fellow Claudio Soto-Azat Darwin’s frogs (Rhinoderma darwinii and R. rufum) are two endangered amphibians species only known from the temperate…
Lost Edge Amphibian Now Found!
Conservation International’s “Lost Frogs” campaign (see EDGE blog) has found the elusive Cave splayfoot salamander (Chiropterotriton mosaueri) during its hunt for the world’s Missing…
The hunt for the world’s lost amphibians is on!
Sometimes finding an amphibian can be like searching for the proverbial needle in a haystack. As much as you don’t think it’s there, there’s…
Victory for the conservation of NZ frogs!
In fantastic news for nature conservation, the New Zealand Government announced today it has abandoned plans to mine 7000 hectares of land protected under…
Tea plantations threaten amazing purple frog
The Purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis) is a flagship species for conservation in India. Its distribution is restricted to two states in peninsular India, Kerala…