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…
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…
Species of the Week: Horton Plains Slender Loris
The Horton Plains slender loris, also known as montane loris (Loris tardigradus nyctoceboides) is bizarre and adorable all at once. It did a disappearing…
Species of the week: Mountain Pygmy Possum
Cute but tough, the mountain pygmy possum (Burramys parvus) is a highly unusual marsupial and the largest of Australia’s five pygmy possums. Unlike most…
Back and ready to go
After visiting friends and family back in the United Kingdom I am now back in the sunny Caribbean. Actually it’s not been that sunny…
Species of the Week: Asian tapir (Tapirus indicus)
A unique distinctive feature of tapirs is their short gripping trunk, which truly is an extended prehensile nose and upper lip. It allows a…
EDGE Fellow to the Rescue
Clauidio Soto Azat EDGE fellow in the Darwin’s frog Project and Researcher at the Universidad Andrés Bello (UNAB) lead a rescue operation of four…
Species of the Week: Archey’s Frog
This frog is often described as a “living fossil” since it is almost indistinguishable from the fossilised remains of frogs that lived 150 million…
Species of the Week: The Purple Frog
This frog in not only extraordinary in its appearance but also in the way it lives. Unlike most frogs the purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis)…
Species of the Week: a squirrel? a rat? No, its Kha-Nyou (Laonastes aenigmamus)
This weeks star comes to you courtesy of our twitter followers. Kha-Nyou resembles a cross between a squirrel and a large rat, with its…
Species of the Week: Hispaniolan Solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus)
The Hispaniolan Solenodon is not only one of the most evolutionarily distinct and threatened mammals in the world; but also, one of the few…