Golden-rumped creature is Species of the Day!
EDGE mammal number 46, the remarkable golden-rumped elephant-shrew, is the Species of the Day! Elephant-shrews (or sengi’s) are so-named because they have long, flexible…
Solenodon is Species of the Day!
I don’t know how but the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) figured out that it is my birthday today (17th June)…
Bumblebee bat is Species of the Day
The smallest mammal in the world is EDGE Mammal number 49 and is today’s Species of the Day. This tiny bat weighs less than…
Forgotten species featured in fashion collection
Four top priority EDGE species have been highlighted in a unique fashion collection, Simply Rare, which features the long-beaked echidna, slender loris, saiga antelope,…
Extraordinary saiga is Species of the Day
The saiga (Saiga tatarica) is EDGE mammal conservation priority number 62, and is today’s IUCN Species of the Day. This extraordinary-looking antelope is found…
Last Survivors – special edition solenodon blog
We were not expecting to write another blog until mid June but there is lots of exciting news that we want to share with…
Tea plantations threaten amazing purple frog
The Purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis) is a flagship species for conservation in India. Its distribution is restricted to two states in peninsular India, Kerala…
New borns sighted in hirola groups
It has been long since updates are sent for the blog readers. All is well for hirola monitoring. A population is thought to increase…
Continued progress…
Back in the UK you have been experiencing the arrival of spring, here on the Island of Hispaniola we are still waiting for our…
Progress with determining threats to Darwin's frogs
In the last year, EDGE Fellow for the conservation of Darwin’s frogs, wildlife veterinarian, Claudio Soto, has undertaken several activities in order to know…
Mouth-brooding frog is Species of the Day!
Today’s Species of the Day is the Darwin’s frog (Rhinoderma darwinii). This is one of our EDGE amphibian focal species, along with its only…
EDGE Fellow set to spend a month in London
Uuganbadrakh Oyunkhishig, EDGE Fellow, has recently arrived in the UK, and will be working with ZSL for the next month on an internship scheme…
Hirola plans for 2010
Hirola monitoring is still on as usual despite challenges here and there. However, this will not make us not to achieve what we want…
Haitian EDGE Fellow urges us to help Haiti
Regular readers of our blog will be aware that EDGE has supported Osé Pauléus in Haiti on a project to help conserve the solenodon….