Darwin Initiative success for solenodon project
A three-year conservation project for Hispaniola’s native mammals has just received large-scale support from the UK-based Darwin Initiative, a scheme which draws upon UK…
The Moroccan spadefoot toad
We have just received this blog from EDGE Community member Philip de Pous, with an updated on his current work in Morocco: After ten…
Human impacts on long-eared jerboa
EDGE Fellow Uuganbadrakh recently sent us some information on human impacts on the long-eared jerboa: The Mongolian Gobi desert contains many ancient objects, such…
Saiga population assessment in western Mongolia
While we have all been enjoying the unusual amounts of snow in the UK, one of our EDGE Fellows, Buuvei, has been braving much…
Zakhyn-Us Hay Crisis – update
News just in from John Hare of the Wild Camel Protection Foundation that hay has been delivered to the captive breeding centre at Zakhyn-Us…
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…
Lake Oku – first weeks in the field
Here is an update from Thomas Doherty-Bone, who is working in Cameroon on EDGE Amphibian number 34, the Lake Oku clawed frog. Arrival in…
Hay crisis at Zakhyn-Us camel breeding centre
We have just received the following appeal from John Hare at the Wild Camel Protection Foundation, with whom we work for the conservation of…
Hispaniolan solenodons – rediscovery and footage!
[flashvideo filename=/Videos/0128solenodon.flv width=320 height=240 image=videos/solenodon_still.jpg /] The Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus), a top EDGE species, is one of the world’s weirdest mammals. The two…
First footage of purple frog!
One of our focal EDGE amphibians – the purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis) – has been caught on camera for the first time by EDGE-affiliated…
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…