In Search of an Elusive Echidna
Paul Barnes is a fresh-faced PhD student from the Institute of Zoology. He is passionate, well-spoken and has devoted himself to what some people…
Life on the EDGE: May-June 2015
Welcome to Life on the EDGE, our monthly blog featuring news about our projects, fellows, species, and all other things EDGE. This is our…
Of Pygmy Sloths and Local Communities
Two years have passed since my first encounter with a female pygmy sloth and her baby on Escudo de Veraguas Island. With so little…
Introducing Mea Trenor, Mistbelt chirping frog EDGE Fellow
“Study nature. Love nature. Stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” I think that pretty much sums up my approach to life….
Meet Kini Ignacio Roesler, our 2015 Hooded Grebe EDGE Fellow
Growing up in the Buenos Aires province of Argentina, provided me with easy access to some of the world’s most incredible natural environments. This…
Froggy Went A-Courting
In spring 2014, a very important tadpole hatched from a frog egg at ZSL London Zoo. It was shortly followed by many brothers and…
Species in Pieces is simply breathtaking
It’s not everyday you receive an email with a link to an independently created, truly fantastic website that raises awareness of EDGE species in…
World Pangolin Day 2015
When Westminster Adult Education Service asked ZSL to provide inspiration for students on their adults’ graphics course we couldn’t think of a better muse…
A conservation success story for Arabuko-Sokoke Forest
Plans to conduct exploratory gas and oil surveys within Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya, have been suspended following fierce opposition from conservationists, local communities and local…
Roll with the pangolins to raise awareness of the world’s most trafficked mammal
This week Angry Birds has teamed up with United for Wildlife to bring you a one off exclusive ‘Roll with the Pangolins’ tournament, aimed…
Logging set to threaten wildlife on Woodlark Island once more
Woodlark Island is a small, Pacific island found off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Unlike many other islands, Woodlark has retained a…
Discovering feathers in the Philippines
As a fish biologist by training, I am more familiar with scales than feathers, so am slightly daunted by running a workshop for the…
Plight of the pangolin: all eight species to move up EDGE list
The pangolin is literally being eaten out of existence according to the latest IUCN Red List update which shows that all eight species are…
Species rediscovered after more than 120 years
Last month a research team from the University of Queensland rediscovered the New Guinea big-eared bat (Pharotis Imogene), EDGE Mammal #32, a species that…