Search for Attenborough’s echidna (Part 6)
When I heard the birds of paradise calling I knew it was time to get up. As I stumbled out of my tent it…
Yuan Lei's visit to Gansu
Last month, Yuan Lei’s preparations for his Bactrian camel research were briefly interrupted as he was invited to the Gansu Anxi Extremely Arid Desert…
Search for Attenborough’s echidna (Part 5)
We offered Wandi a place in the tent, but he preferred to sleep by the camp fire. I don’t think he slept much as…
A Step Closer to China's Wild Camels
Yuan Lei is currently preparing to go into the field to begin his research into the main threats facing the wild Bactrian camel population…
Search for Attenborough's echidna (Part 4)
We quickly moved over to inspect what the hunter described as a “Payangko feeding hole”. Immediately the hunters agreed that this is where an…
Radio collaring wild camels
Adiya was involved in a UNDP / GEF funded project “Conservation of the Great Gobi Ecosystem and its Endangered Species” earlier this year. His…
Preparing for action
Uuganbadrakh recently took part in a community conservation project in preparation for the community aspect of his fellowship project. He participated through the Zoological…
A Zookeeper in Mongolia (Part 3)
This is the final installment of Oliver Duprey’s expedition to the Zakhyn Us wild camel captive breeding centre in Mongolia. Ollie cares for camels…
Search for Attenborough’s echidna (Part 3)
Just before landing, one of the passengers, named Mr Paulus Ormuseray told me that he had seen an echidna at about 200m elevation in…
A zookeeper in Mongolia (Part 2)
In May, ZSL London Zoo keeper, Oliver Duprey visited the Zakhyn Us wild Bactrian camel captive breeding centre in Mongolia to provide advice on…
Search for Attenborough’s echidna (Part 2)
As we were landing in Jayapura I could see the Cyclops mountain range dramatically rising from the sea. Dense tropical forest covered a series…
A zookeeper in Mongolia
I am Oliver Duprey and I work at ZSL London Zoo as a keeper looking after a number of different species including the sloth…
Search for Attenborough’s echidna (Part 1)
In May of 2007 the EDGE team sent out a preliminary research expedition to search for Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna (a remarkable small spiny egg-laying…
Lop Nur Nature Reserve, China
Lop Nur is is a group of small, seasonal salt lakes and marshes between the Taklamakan and Kuruktag deserts in the southeastern portion of…