Species of the week: Greater Bamboo Lemur
Mainly eating bamboo, with the occasional fruit snack, might lead you to think this lemur is very small, but in fact it weighs in…
New Family of Caecilians Discovered
North-east India is a poorly understood region only considered to be a ‘gateway’ between the Himalayan and Indo-Burmese biodiversity hotspots, but now researchers are…
West African Savannah Elephant Massacre
Since mid-January, it’s estimated that at least 200 elephants have been killed in Cameroon, and park officials believe that the situation is only worsening….
Introducing EDGE Fellow Abdullahi Hussein Ali
My name is Abdullahi Hussein Ali and I have just started as an EDGE Fellow working on the globally endangered hirola antelope (Beatragus hunteri)….
Happy World Pangolin Day!
Today, 18th February 2012, is World Pangolin Day so we hope you’ll join with us in celebrating these wonderfully weird little creatures. Pangolins, or…
A great month for the livelihoods project in Sagalla
The alternative livelihoods project to secure a future for he Sagalla caecilian never stops… Tree planting The weather has favoured tree planting this month,…
Estimating the prey population of tigers in the Barandhabar Corridor
The EDGE Fellows training course has now finished (and a fantastic time was had by all!) but we’ve still got lots of exciting stories…
Species of the Week: Saola
One of EDGE’s top priority species is the saola; a shy and secretive mammal found in Vietnam and Lao PDR that many people have…
Species of the Week: Malagasy Rainbow Frog
The Malagasy rainbow frog (Scaphiophryne gottlebei) may well be the most decorated of all Madagascan frogs, hence why it is also known as the…
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…
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…
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…