More mountain gorillas killed in Virunga
We were shocked to hear last week that more mountain gorillas have been shot dead in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of…
Preparing for action
Uuganbadrakh recently took part in a community conservation project in preparation for the community aspect of his fellowship project. He participated through the Zoological…
A Zookeeper in Mongolia (Part 3)
This is the final installment of Oliver Duprey’s expedition to the Zakhyn Us wild camel captive breeding centre in Mongolia. Ollie cares for camels…
Search for Attenborough’s echidna (Part 3)
Just before landing, one of the passengers, named Mr Paulus Ormuseray told me that he had seen an echidna at about 200m elevation in…
Co-ordinator’s blog
It’s a sad but true fact of life that much of a conservationist’s time is spent applying for funding. This week Sam has been…
Baby mammoth discovery
Source: BBC News Online A baby mammoth unearthed in the permafrost of north-west Siberia could be the best preserved specimen of its type, scientists…
A zookeeper in Mongolia (Part 2)
In May, ZSL London Zoo keeper, Oliver Duprey visited the Zakhyn Us wild Bactrian camel captive breeding centre in Mongolia to provide advice on…
Search for Attenborough’s echidna (Part 2)
As we were landing in Jayapura I could see the Cyclops mountain range dramatically rising from the sea. Dense tropical forest covered a series…
A zookeeper in Mongolia
I am Oliver Duprey and I work at ZSL London Zoo as a keeper looking after a number of different species including the sloth…
Search for Attenborough’s echidna (Part 1)
In May of 2007 the EDGE team sent out a preliminary research expedition to search for Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna (a remarkable small spiny egg-laying…
Carly’s blog
This week I met some of the keepers at ZSL London Zoo who are responsible for caring for two very special EDGE species –…
Lop Nur Nature Reserve, China
Lop Nur is is a group of small, seasonal salt lakes and marshes between the Taklamakan and Kuruktag deserts in the southeastern portion of…
Co-ordinator’s blog
After months of preparation Uuganbadrakh is now ready to travel to the remote Gobi desert to begin his fieldwork on the long-eared jerboa. We…
ZSL Scientific Meeting – Global Amphibian Declines
Dates: 12 Jun 2007 Times: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Amphibians are in crisis. Populations are declining at alarmingly rapid rates worldwide and species…