The pygmy sloth from Isla de Escudo, Panama
While on holiday in Panama, David Curnick, a member of the Marine and Freshwater team at ZSL and sloth enthusiast met with Bryson Voirin…
Javan Rhinos caught on film
Last week WWF and Indonesia’s National Park Authority released new video footage of two critically endangered Javan rhinos (Rhinoceros sondaicus) and their calves providing…
Saola: a closer look at a new EDGE Focal Species
One of the new additions to the group of focal EDGE Mammals in urgent need of conservation attention is the saola, a shy and…
Reefs at Risk
This week a major new report, three years in the making, on the current status of the world’s coral reefs called Reefs at Risk…
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…
Entering a new and exciting phase
This is an update from Joe Nunez on the Last Survivors project. It’s been far too long since our last blog but then we…
The search for Lost Frogs
During August and December 2010 Conservation International (CI), in collaboration with the IUCN Amphibian Specialist Group (ASG) and Global Wildlife Conservation (GWC), supported expeditions…
VIE Marking of Tadpoles
The latest update from EDGE Fellow Werner Conradie. Hewitt’s Ghost Frog (Heleophryne hewitti) was considered critically endangered, with a declining population. This was due…
New EDGE Focal Species: A closer look
This is the second guest blog from George Tyson, a graduate journalist with a keen interest in conservation. Rondo Dwarf Galago – Galagoides rondoensis…
Pygmy hippo workshop is a success
In November 2010 a workshop was held in Liberia, West Africa to develop a conservation strategy for the pygmy hippo, EDGE mammal number 29….
Welcome to the Year of the Rabbit!
Happy New Year! Today is the first day of the Chinese New Year and 2011 is the Year of the Rabbit. In celebration of…
Survival of saiga calves in Western Mongolia
EDGE Fellow Bayarbaatar Buuveibaatar, known as Buuvei has sent in his latest update on the progress of his saiga research in Mongolia. The saiga…