Saiga population assessment in western Mongolia
While we have all been enjoying the unusual amounts of snow in the UK, one of our EDGE Fellows, Buuvei, has been braving much…
Zakhyn-Us Hay Crisis – update
News just in from John Hare of the Wild Camel Protection Foundation that hay has been delivered to the captive breeding centre at Zakhyn-Us…
Animals at the EDGE
Hispaniolan solenodons – rediscovery and footage!
[flashvideo filename=/Videos/0128solenodon.flv width=320 height=240 image=videos/solenodon_still.jpg /] The Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus), a top EDGE species, is one of the world’s weirdest mammals. The two…
First footage of purple frog!
One of our focal EDGE amphibians – the purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis) – has been caught on camera for the first time by EDGE-affiliated…
Lone males sighted, and Mukwaju 2 found reunited
Here is the latest updated from Kimitei, our EDGE Fellow monitoring Africa’s most threatened antelope – the hirola: It has been a great rainy…
Conservation Research: Lake Oku Clawed Frog
Here is the second blog from Thomas Doherty-Bone, who is carrying out research on little know amphibians in Cameroon, including a number of EDGE…
Rare pygmy hippo born
Marwell Zoological Park is celebrating the birth of a pygmy hippopotamus, EDGE Mammal species number 21. Born three weeks ago, the hippo is part…
Wild camel surveys in China
Yuan Lei, the EDGE Fellow we support to study the Critically Endangered Bactrian camel in China, has been carrying out his usual monitoring surveys…
Fears for missing gorilla rangers
Thirty-nine wildlife rangers dedicated to protecting some of the world’s last mountain gorillas are unaccounted for in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Fears…
Long-term monitoring of translocated hirola
Our newest EDGE Fellow, Kimitei, has recently started monitoring a translocated hirola population in Tsavo East National Park, Kenya. His work will gather essential…
Sir David Attenborough appeals for the Amphibia
On Thursday last week Sir David Attenborough hosted an event at ZSL promoting amphibian conservation; ‘Amphibians in a Climate of Change’ aimed to raise…
Are domestic dogs a threat to Mongolian saiga?
Buuvei, one of our Mongolian EDGE Fellows spent most of August in the field studying the effect of domestic dogs on saiga antelope. He…
New species of mouse lemur described
Scientists have described a new species of mouse lemur from Madagascar, bringing the total number of known species to 16. Madagascar is famous for…