Elephants, Tigers and Leopards
It’s rained all day today. It shouldn’t do– the monsoon season finished at the end of September so today’s weather was somewhat unexpected.As it happens, today…
Species of the Week: The Volcano Rabbit
Scientists believe the volcano rabbit (Romerolagus diazi) is the most primitive of all living rabbits or hares. The volcano rabbit is so different from…
New Sanctuaries for Asian River Dolphins
Earlier this week Bangladesh announced that three areas in the southern Sundarbans mangrove forest will be declared sanctuaries to protect Ganges river dolphins (Platanista…
Species of the Week: Bornean Flat-Headed Frog
This flat looking frog has one extremely unique quality: it is the only known frog in the world to have no lungs! The Bornean…
Species of the week: Gunning’s golden mole
Gunning’s golden mole (Neamblysomus gunning) is the highest ranking EDGE species of the enigmatic golden moles, an ancient group of subterranean mammals. The golden…
Species of the week: Angel’s Madagascar frog
As the name suggests Angel’s Madagascar frog (Boehmantis microtympanum) lives exclusively in Madagascar, specifically in southeastern Madagascar. This is a brook-dwelling frog species, often found…
How to catch a pygmy hippo on camera
Trying to get cameras in the wild to capture images of the elusive pygmy hippo (Choeropsis liberiensis) is no easy task, but the project…
Species of the week: the Maned three-toed sloth
The maned three-toed sloth (Bradypus torquatus) is an incredible mammal which spends most of its life in the branches of trees, either hanging upside…
Two years on: continued conservation action
So much has happened since our last posting that I have no idea if I’ll be able to cram it all into a reasonable…
Species of the week: Chinhai Spiny Newt
The Chinhai spiny newt (Echinotriton chinhaiensis) possesses a remarkable defence mechanism against predators. Both sexes have a series of 12 highly conspicuous knob-like glands…
Finding pygmy hippos in Sierra Leone
The pygmy hippo is a priority EDGE mammal endemic to the threatened Upper Guinea Forests biodiversity hotspot with fewer than 3,000 believed to remain…
Species of the Week: Santa Catarina’s guinea pig
This is one of the rarest species on the planet because of its very small population size (between 24 to 60 individuals). Santa Catarina’s…
Species of the week: EDGE Rhinos
September 22nd is World Rhino Day, in honour of that we are dedicating our species of the week to not one, but three Rhino…
First seedlings planted to save the loris!
Taking a trip to a primary school to join up with a Tuk Tuk rally to do some tree planting was not part of…