Rainforest clearance threatens Sumatran wildlife
The EDGE team has just heard about a major proposal that threatens a reintroduced population of the Critically Endangered Sumatran orangutan (EDGE mammal no….
Observation in north-east of Lop Nur Reserve
Yuan Lei, one of two EDGE Fellows working on the wild Bactrian camel, tells us here about the environment he encountered during an observation…
Tracking long-eared jerboas in the Gobi
EDGE Fellow Uuganbadrakh, who is researching the long-eared jerboa in Mongolia’s Gobi desert, tells us here about using radio telemetry to track these little…
Large hirola group spotted with calves
Here is the latest blog from Kimitei, our EDGE Fellow working on the critically endangered hirola antelope in Tsavo East National Park, Kenya. It…
Orangutan population found in remote Borneo
Conservationists have found a previously-unknown population of orangutans in Indonesian Borneo, which may number up to 2,000. A Nature Conservancy survey of remote and…
Requiem for the baiji
Here is the final blog from EDGE’s Dr Sam Turvey about his surveys along the Yangtze River in China, trying to discover the cause…
Possible threats facing hirola – Part II
Here is the latest update from EDGE Fellow Kimitei, who is monitoring the translocated hirola antelope population in Tsavo National Park, southern Kenya. Hirola…
Haitian solenodon survey results
Osé is an EDGE Fellow working on conservation of the Hispaniolan solenodon in Haiti. Here he reports on the findings from his EDGE Fellowship…
Possible threats facing hirola
Here EDGE Fellow Kimitei tells us more about some potential threats to the critically endangered hirola antelope, his focus species: Tsavo East National Park…
Darwin Initiative success for solenodon project
A three-year conservation project for Hispaniola’s native mammals has just received large-scale support from the UK-based Darwin Initiative, a scheme which draws upon UK…
Human impacts on long-eared jerboa
EDGE Fellow Uuganbadrakh recently sent us some information on human impacts on the long-eared jerboa: The Mongolian Gobi desert contains many ancient objects, such…
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…
What is killing finless porpoises in the Yangtze?
Here is the third blog from EDGE’s Dr Sam Turvey about his surveys along the Yangtze River in China, trying to discover the cause…
Hay crisis at Zakhyn-Us camel breeding centre
We have just received the following appeal from John Hare at the Wild Camel Protection Foundation, with whom we work for the conservation of…