Victory for the conservation of NZ frogs!
In fantastic news for nature conservation, the New Zealand Government announced today it has abandoned plans to mine 7000 hectares of land protected under…
Loris in the limelight!
A massive occupancy monitoring programme has been initiated over the past 18 months to assess the persistence of lorises in over 100 of the…
Golden-rumped creature is Species of the Day!
EDGE mammal number 46, the remarkable golden-rumped elephant-shrew, is the Species of the Day! Elephant-shrews (or sengi’s) are so-named because they have long, flexible…
Luristan Newt is Species of the Day!
EDGE Amphibian number 80 – the wonderful Luristan newt (Neurergus kaiseri) – is today’s Species of the Day! The Luristan newt is the smallest…
River dolphins, fish, and fisheries in Bangladesh
Asian river dolphins are among the most threatened large vertebrates, because the regions where they occur have high human population densities, resource overexploitation and…
Fossa is Species of the Day
The fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) is a unique carnivore, endemic to Madagascar, is EDGE Mammal number 43, and is today’s IUCN Species of the Day….
Solenodon is Species of the Day!
I don’t know how but the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) figured out that it is my birthday today (17th June)…
Bumblebee bat is Species of the Day
The smallest mammal in the world is EDGE Mammal number 49 and is today’s Species of the Day. This tiny bat weighs less than…
Storm the Charts – vote now!
There are only 9 days left until the final 40 bands are picked for the Storm the Charts campaign, which is fundraising for EDGE…
Forgotten species featured in fashion collection
Four top priority EDGE species have been highlighted in a unique fashion collection, Simply Rare, which features the long-beaked echidna, slender loris, saiga antelope,…
Apothecary: Photographic Exhibition and Lectures
The Last Survivors – the race to save the last Caribbean mammal species and their habitats The Caribbean is widely recognised as extremely species…
Extraordinary saiga is Species of the Day
The saiga (Saiga tatarica) is EDGE mammal conservation priority number 62, and is today’s IUCN Species of the Day. This extraordinary-looking antelope is found…