Superhero Sunday: The Top 10 Superpowers of EDGE Species Part 1/2
Who loves superheroes? We all love superheroes! From Spiderman to the Avengers to Batman to the Fantastic Four to Ant-Man, superheroes are flooding popular…
Coral Reefs: Secret Cities of the Sea
The Natural History Museum (UK) has asked contributors to their exhibition – Coral Reefs: Secret Cities of the Sea – to share their passion…
Salamanders on the EDGE: building conservation networks for amphibians in Mexico (Part 2/2)
Four hours and 250km later, in Puebla State, we arrive at Laguna Alchichica, Alfredo’s field site. Set in a landscape that has turned from…
Salamanders on the EDGE: building conservation networks for amphibians in Mexico (Part 1/2)
I am standing on a narrow isthmus of land, essentially a dirt track running on top of a levee. On my right is…
Fellows to Attend Leadership Training in London
Come the fall, London will experience an amazing invasion of endangered species (researchers) when the EDGE fellows come to town! This September, nine EDGE…
Life on the EDGE: May-June 2015
Welcome to Life on the EDGE, our monthly blog featuring news about our projects, fellows, species, and all other things EDGE. This is our…
A Promising Beginning: the first trip to Alchichica
A few weeks ago we started the field work for the Taylor’s Salamander Project in Alchichica. Chris Michaels from ZSL visited the project and…
Lessons Learned from a Lost Manatee
Currently we are at the end of the first year of our project titled Assessing the distribution and threats on the West African manatee…
Mt. Mingan: The Philippine Eagle conservation hub of Sierra Madre
From Luzon to Mindanao the Philippine Eagle will be highlighted by various NGOs and conservation efforts from June 4-10 for Philippine Eagle Week. Which…
Of Pygmy Sloths and Local Communities
Two years have passed since my first encounter with a female pygmy sloth and her baby on Escudo de Veraguas Island. With so little…
Introducing Mea Trenor, Mistbelt chirping frog EDGE Fellow
“Study nature. Love nature. Stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” I think that pretty much sums up my approach to life….
What a Wonderful World
Blind salamanders, paternal toads, scaly anteaters, fiery-coloured cats. There can be no doubt that we live in a world of wonders, of beauty…