Update from the field – ghost frog monitoring
Here is an update from Werner Conradie, our EDGE Fellow who is working to develop a robust monitoring regime for Hewitt’s ghost frog, working…
Chasing ghosts
The second of our Fellows for EDGE amphibian species, Werner Conradie, tells us about the Critically Endangered frogs he is studying in South Africa….
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…
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…
Fisherman interviews along the Yangtze
Here is the second blog from EDGE’s Dr Sam Turvey about his surveys along the Yangtze River in China, trying to discover the cause…
Back to the Yangtze
Here is the first blog from EDGE’s Dr Sam Turvey about his surveys along the Yangtze River in China, trying to discover the cause…
Is it too late for the baiji?
In the EDGE office we are anxiously awaiting the return of two of our team members – EDGE coordinator Carly Waterman and Dr. Sam Turvey…
Six rare Indus River dolphins spotted in India!
Conservationists are delighted over the recent sighting of six rare Indus River dolphins (Platanista minor) in northwestern India, an area that traditionally is not…
The agenda is simple: this turtle must not die
It feels like history is repeating itself again in the Yangtze River. Earlier this year, scientists declared that the Yangtze River dolphin or baiji…
Hope for the Baiji? New Sighting & Film Footage
Only a few weeks after our research team sadly concluded that the baiji was probably extinct, we have received news that a baiji may…
Can we save the vaquita?
Sam had previously described last year’s six-week Yangtze River survey as one of the most depressing experiences of his life, so it wasn’t easy…
Baiji declared extinct
After more than 20 million years on the planet it looks as if we have now lost the Yangtze River dolphin or baiji forever. The…
The Qiantang River dolphin?
The Qiantang River is a large river in eastern China that travels through Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces. Although several hundred miles south of the…
Too late for the baiji?
The Yangtze River dolphin or baiji, long considered to be one of the world’s rarest and most threatened mammals, may have finally disappeared forever….