Uuganbadrakh: News from the field
Our Long-eared jerboa EDGE Fellow Uuganbadrakh has just sent us details of his hibernation study in Mongolia. This illegal mining is near the habitat…
New species of peccary found in Amazon
A new species of peccary has recently been found in the Rio Aripuanã river basin in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. This newly discovered…
Yuan Lei's interview with herdsmen
Annanba village was chosen as a good site to interview herdsman as this is the only village in the Akesai county that links to,…
Yuan Lei's expedition cont…..
The last blog following Yuan Lei’s expedition of the Aerjin Mountain Reserve in China ended with Yuan and his team stocking up in the…
Woodlark Cuscus habitat threatened
The EDGE Team has just received an urgent memo from concerned researchers working on Woodlark Island (Muyuw) in the Milne Bay Province of Papua…
Yuan Lei's expedition to the Aerjin Mountain Reserve
The EDGE Team have just received news of our Bactrian camel EDGE Fellow Yuan Lei’s expedition to the Heidaban region in the Aerjin Mountain…
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…
Biomonitoring progress in Sapo National Park
Robert Howard, part of the Fauna and Flora International (FFI) team carrying out the biomonitoring programme in Sapo National Park sent us this blog: The biomonitoring…
The EDGE Community
We are planning to extend the EDGE website to highlight the work of any individual or organisation conducting valuable research on the conservation of…
Congo Rangers Crack Gorilla Trafficking Ring…
… and find dead gorilla The following press release was sent out yesterday from WildlifeDirect: Rangers in DR Congo discovered a dead female infant Mountain…
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…
More species threatened – 2007 IUCN Red List
The 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is today being released, updating global understanding of the conservation status of the world’s plants and…
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…