Species of the Week: Luschan’s Salamander
The Salamandridae (“true newts and fire salamanders”) family has around 74 species that diverged from all other salamanders around 200 million years ago, evolving…
Introducing EDGE Fellow Ambika Khatiwada
My name is Ambika, I am from Nepal and my EDGE Fellowship focuses on studying the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) in the eastern Himalayas,…
Health Checks and Radio Collars: Pangolins Get Ready for Release
Our Fellow Tran Quang Phuong is working as part of the Carnivore and Pangolin Conservation Programme (CPCP) team in Vietnam to fully rehabilitate and…
Species of the Week: African Wild Ass
The African wild ass (Equus africanus) can cope with a high dehydration level of 30%, and like other desert-dwellers once it gets access to…
Species of the Week: Chile Mountains False Toad
Very little is known about the ecology and lifecycle of the Chile Mountains false toad (Telmatobufo venustus) except that is a member of the…
Species of the Week: Numbat
The numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) is very different from other marsupials. It is the only living representative of the Myrmecobiidae family of carnivorous marsupials,…
First Sumatran Rhino Baby Born in Captivity in Indonesia
Last weekend, there was some happy news for Way Kambas National Park in Sumatra: their captive female Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) Ratu gave birth…
Sagalla Caecilian Conservation Makes Significant Progress in Kenya
In Kenya, the Sagalla Caecilian Conservation Project is carrying out habitat rehabilitation through planting of indigenous trees and vetiva grass in Sagalla Hill forest,…
Species of the Week: Granular Salamander
The granular salamander (Ambystoma granulosum) is a very unusual EDGE species. Belonging to the Ambystomatidae (or “mole salamander”) family, which diverged from all other…
Sunda Pangolin Project Update from Vietnam
A previous blog and video introduced our Fellow Tran Quang Phuong who is working as part of the Carnivore and Pangolin Conservation Program (CPCP)…
Species of the Week: Sumatran Striped Rabbit
The distinctive brown stripes on the face and body of the Sumatran rabbit (Nesolagus netscheri) enable it to blend perfectly with its rainforest habitat….
The Last Survivors: Busy Times in the Caribbean
We owe all of you a huge apology since it has been over two months since our last blog update. The whole team has…
Species of the Week: Maned Three-toed Sloth
It was the pygmy three-toed sloth last week, now we’re continuing with the sloth theme this week with the maned three-toed sloth (although it…
In Search of the Pygmy Three-toed Sloth – Part II – The First Sloth
In the last blog David and Craig had arrived in Panama City, met their chef Gustavo and boat captain Sebastian, and had gathered all…