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EDGE Blogs
27th Aug 10
The hirola antelope, one of EDGE’s cherished focal species, is the IUCN Species of the Day!
The hirola is a very special antelope and is often referred... Read
17th Aug 10
Joe Nunez-Mino: An update on all our activities is long overdue, apologies to everyone following our progress.
While I have been away in the UK, Pedro has... Read
12th Aug 10
Sometimes finding an amphibian can be like searching for the proverbial needle in a haystack. As much as you don’t think it’s there, there’s always t... Read
20th Jul 10
In fantastic news for nature conservation, the New Zealand Government announced today it has abandoned plans to mine 7000 hectares of land protected under Sc... Read
19th Jul 10
A massive occupancy monitoring programme has been initiated over the past 18 months to assess the persistence of lorises in over 100 of the remaining fragmen... Read
18th Jul 10
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... Read
12th Jul 10
EDGE Amphibian number 80 - the wonderful Luristan newt (Neurergus kaiseri) - is today's Species of the Day!
The Luristan newt is the smallest of the four ... Read
6th Jul 10
Asian river dolphins are among the most threatened large vertebrates, because the regions where they occur have high human population densities, resource ove... Read
21st Jun 10
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.
There has ... Read
17th Jun 10
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) and I suspect that'... Read