Fossa is Species of the Day
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….
Storm the Charts – vote now!
There are only 9 days left until the final 40 bands are picked for the Storm the Charts campaign, which is fundraising for EDGE…
Forgotten species featured in fashion collection
Four top priority EDGE species have been highlighted in a unique fashion collection, Simply Rare, which features the long-beaked echidna, slender loris, saiga antelope,…
Apothecary: Photographic Exhibition and Lectures
The Last Survivors – the race to save the last Caribbean mammal species and their habitats The Caribbean is widely recognised as extremely species…
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…
World's rarest rhino killed in Vietnam
One of the few remaining Javan rhinos was killed by poachers in Vietnam last month, it has been revealed; with fewer than 60 individuals…
Save NZ frogs – stop the mining!
Two of the highest priority EDGE amphibian species are under imminent threat of extinction from mining, as the New Zealand Government proposes to remove…
World governments fail to reduce biodiversity loss
World leaders have failed to deliver commitments made in 2002 to reduce the global rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, and have instead overseen…
Storming the Charts for EDGE
In exciting news EDGE is being supported by an innovative, ambitious, and some say crazy campaign aiming to Storm The Charts in 2010. Their…
Building a future for Haiti’s unique biodiversity
A partnership of UK conservation organisations – BirdLife International, the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Zoological Society of London’s EDGE of Existence programme…
EDGE mammals on top endangered primates list
This week the list of the World’s 25 most endangered primates was released, highlighting which of man’s closest relatives are on the brink extinction…
Rhinomania!
The EDGE team is pleased to welcome its two newest Community members – Sarah Brook and Simon Mahood from WWF Vietnam. Sarah and…
Solenodon & hutia – new approach required!
It has been over a month since my last update so I thought it was time to bring you up to date with everything…
Slow loris trade bust in Java
Two weeks after ProFauna Indonesia, a wildlife protection organization, launched its survey report on protected wildlife being traded in the animal markets (locally called…