Our Unknown World
A sound knowledge of the number of species on earth is vital for predicting extinction rates and subsequently for our understanding of conservation and…
Researching the Ganges River Dolphin in Bangladesh: a PhD to remember!
The Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica) is not your conventional ‘Flipper’: they are virtually blind and live in murky rivers; they aren’t particularly social…
Five Indus River dolphins found dead in Pakistan
Last month five Indus River dolphins (Platanista gangetica minor) were found dead in Pakistan with three females and a male found at the village…
Witness to Extinction
Everyone loves dolphins, don’t they? And the baiji—the Yangtze River Dolphin—was so beautiful. Along the river, legends abound of its origin from the metamorphosis…
Requiem for the baiji
Here is the final blog from EDGE’s Dr Sam Turvey about his surveys along the Yangtze River in China, trying to discover the cause…
What is killing finless porpoises in the Yangtze?
Here is the third blog from EDGE’s Dr Sam Turvey about his surveys along the Yangtze River in China, trying to discover the cause…
Fisherman interviews along the Yangtze
Here is the second blog from EDGE’s Dr Sam Turvey about his surveys along the Yangtze River in China, trying to discover the cause…
Back to the Yangtze
Here is the first blog from EDGE’s Dr Sam Turvey about his surveys along the Yangtze River in China, trying to discover the cause…
Is it too late for the baiji?
In the EDGE office we are anxiously awaiting the return of two of our team members – EDGE coordinator Carly Waterman and Dr. Sam Turvey…
Six rare Indus River dolphins spotted in India!
Conservationists are delighted over the recent sighting of six rare Indus River dolphins (Platanista minor) in northwestern India, an area that traditionally is not…
The agenda is simple: this turtle must not die
It feels like history is repeating itself again in the Yangtze River. Earlier this year, scientists declared that the Yangtze River dolphin or baiji…
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…
Hope for the Baiji? New Sighting & Film Footage
Only a few weeks after our research team sadly concluded that the baiji was probably extinct, we have received news that a baiji may…
Baiji declared extinct
After more than 20 million years on the planet it looks as if we have now lost the Yangtze River dolphin or baiji forever. The…