Bactrian camel update – Field expedition to Gobi B
Adiya is our Mongolian EDGE Fellow studying the wild Bactrian camel. From the 19th to 28th April this year he went on an expedition…
Top ED mammal genome sequenced
Scientists have recently sequenced the genome of the most Evolutionarily Distinct mammal species, the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), in order to study the evolution of…
Threatened species news
It was recently reported that there has been a disturbing rise in elephant poaching in Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. The park,…
Run for EDGE and be a Champion!
The EDGE Team were very excited earlier this year to hear that two enthusiastic runners completed the London Marathon for the EDGE Project. We…
Surveying wild Bactrian camels in China
Yuanlei, our Chinese EDGE Fellow, recently sent us this update of his work on the Critically Endangered Bactrian camel, just before he headed out…
News from the field: Slender loris surveys underway
One of our EDGE Fellows, Vijitha Perera, started fieldwork in March on the red slender loris (Loris tardigradus) in the Knuckles Range, Sri Lanka….
Congratulations Ed, and thank you!
In the EDGE office we were very excited when we heard that Ed Kolloen planned to run the epic 26 miles of the London…
Axolotls on the EDGE!
Here is the first installment of resident blogger Darren Naish’s musings on EDGE Amphibians. Darren writes a regular Tetrapod Zoology blog, and introduced himself…
Mobile game to help save gorillas
A mobile game has been resurrected to highlight the necessity of conserving endangered mountain gorillas. The game entitled “Silverback” follows the life-span of a…
Up close with a Long-eared jerboa
Our Mongolian EDGE Fellow Uuganbadrakh has just sent us some more information and photos that he has collected while studying the Long-eared jerboa in…
EDGE species is only known lungless frog!
The EDGE team are well aware of how the Plethodintid salamanders of Mexico evolved to have no lungs, breathing entirely through their skin and…
Caught on camera
Sapo National park comprises 1800 km2 of moist tropical lowland rainforest, with a varied mosaic of riparian, seasonally inundated, and dryland forest. There is…