Calling all Toad Enthusiasts
A fundraising evening chaired by Mike Dilger from BBC’s One Show and Peter Firmin creator of Bagpuss. Join EDGE and Froglife on Friday September 30th to enjoy…
A more robust EDGE
Last week a new paper was published by researchers at ZSL which included a new EDGE mammals list. The list is the result of…
I’m leaving on a jetplane, don’t know when I’ll be back again
Time flies. 3 weeks seems like just 3 days ago. We were transferred to the bigger boat by Papalo, the same boat that took…
Field Update: Hispaniolan solenodon project
Since I am leaving on holiday tomorrow and will not be back for a while I thought it best to give you a quick…
Urgent Action Needed: Planting Trees for Loris
Note: Thank you to everyone who supported this campaign and helped us reach our target! if you would like to keep supporting EDGE project…
Volunteer researchers rediscover mammal
The place was El Dorado Nature Reserve in the far north of Colombia, South America. The date May 4th, 2011 and the time 9:30 pm. The lucky ones were Lizzie Noble and Simon McKeown who after just one month of volunteering monitoring endangered amphibians, enjoyed the first sighting of the magnificent red-crested tree rat (Santamartamys rufodorsalis) in 113 years.
Expanding horizons
The latest update on the Last Survivors project from Joe Nunez. We are just recently back from our first expedition into Haiti where we…
Project Ocean
Last week a big new campaign called Project Ocean was launched at Selfridges in collaboration with the Zoological Society of London. Project Ocean is…
Tree planting season launched
James Mwang’ombe is the project manager for the Sagalla Caecilian (Boulengerula niedeni) conservation project in Kenya. One of the projects activities is the planting…
Life Within a Vocal Sac
The unique early development of Darwin’s frogs By EDGE Fellow Claudio Soto-Azat Darwin’s frogs are two species of endemic anurans: the Northern Darwin’s frog…
Save the Frogs, Save the World
Marta, a Vodafone World of Difference winner has had an inspirational visit to Jersey where she attended a ‘GIS for Conservation’ course and had…
Onwards we go
An update from Joe Nunez on the progress of the Last Survivors project which is raising awareness of the Hispaniolan solenodon and hutia in…
EDGE Fellow Grace visits the UK
For the past few weeks a former EDGE Fellow, Grace Wambui Ngaruiya has been visiting the UK. EDGE supported Grace’s research in the Boni…
Update on Vodafone WOD winners
An update on the Vodafone World of Difference winners who are working at ZSL on the EDGE programme and in the Reptile House. This…