Conducting Research in The Misty Mountain Cold Forest of Madagascar!
My name is Sylviane Rakotozafy and I’m an herpetologist devoting to conserve amphibians and reptiles in Madagascar. Here in this blog, I am going…
ZSL EDGE of Existence expedition in Cuba
The Erasmus Darwin Barlow Conservation programme aims to give conservationists of the future new skills and experiences, by funding two places each year to…
EDGE Fellows come to London for Conservation Leadership course
This September, the EDGE of Existence team are looking forward to hosting 8 EDGE Fellows from our 2016-2018 cohort. They will attend a two…
The future of the Hooded Grebe: energy at any cost?
Kini Roesler The Hooded Grebe is a critically endangered species living in Argentina and it is number 21 on the EDGE bird list. Its…
Cutting EDGE: updating the science behind the species
Since the inception of the EDGE programme we have identified our priority species for conservation using the EDGE algorithm—originally developed by ZSL scientists…
My Mission To Save The Red Ruffed Lemur From Extinction
Madagascar is one of eight `hottest’ biodiversity hotspots countries based on species richness and endemism, (>80%), and on habitat loss (>90%). Yet, it is…
Saving the Northern Giant Mouse Lemur in Madagascar
Being involved in lemur research since 2009, I am really interested in lemur biology and I would like to conduct scientific research that could…
The last of its kind: bringing the boa back from the EDGE
Once upon a time on an island in the Indian Ocean named Mauritius, there were two unique species of snakes belonging to the Bolyeridae…
The Search for the Purple Frog
Being a biologist from Kerala in the Western Ghats I am trying to understand and conserve a species of frog that emerges from the…
Introducing ZSL’s new Segré EDGE Fellows
ZSL’s EDGE of Existence programme is pleased to announce a new and exciting collaboration with Fondation Segré, which will support fifteen EDGE Fellowships over…
Impending extinction crisis of the world’s primates: why primates matter
Guest post by Luis D. Verde Arregoitia Earlier this week, a team of 31 primate researchers and conservation scientists from the U.S.A, Europe, Asia, Latin…
10 years on the EDGE
This year marks 10 years since the EDGE of Existence programme was launched in 2007! To date, we’re proud to have trained 68 EDGE…