A Promising Beginning: the first trip to Alchichica
A few weeks ago we started the field work for the Taylor’s Salamander Project in Alchichica. Chris Michaels from ZSL visited the project and…
Introducing Mea Trenor, Mistbelt chirping frog EDGE Fellow
“Study nature. Love nature. Stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” I think that pretty much sums up my approach to life….
What a Wonderful World
Blind salamanders, paternal toads, scaly anteaters, fiery-coloured cats. There can be no doubt that we live in a world of wonders, of beauty…
Froggy Went A-Courting
In spring 2014, a very important tadpole hatched from a frog egg at ZSL London Zoo. It was shortly followed by many brothers and…
Caught on camera: new footage displays mating behaviour of the purple frog
The purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis) is currently listed as the world’s 4th most Evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered amphibian species. This unusual frog has a limited…
Logging set to threaten wildlife on Woodlark Island once more
Woodlark Island is a small, Pacific island found off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Unlike many other islands, Woodlark has retained a…
Combining science and religion to save Ghana’s frogs
It was midmorning at the exquisite auditorium in the middle of the Burgers Zoo in Arnhem, Netherlands when I took my turn to address…
Introducing EDGE Fellow: James Mougal
Bouzour! (Hello!) I’m James Mougal from the Seychelles archipelago, a group of 115 islands off the east coast of Africa, above Madagascar. I work…
Every cloud has a silver lining
What comes into your mind when you hear of a person determined to go into the wilderness to study an animal s/he has never…
Axolotl Workshop, Mexico
From March 24th to the 28th 2014, I attended the workshop on “The critically endangered Mexican Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) conservation programme: ecological health in…
Introducing EDGE fellow: Karla Pelz Serrano
I am Karla Pelz Serrrano, I am a conservation biologist that works in Mexico. Particularly now I am working in central Mexico in the…
1,200 Chinese giant salamanders released into the wild
Edge fellow Fang Yan shares news of an initiative to help the recovery of wild Chinese giant salamander populations. During 23rd September to 23rd…
Hunting for the baby fish
A team of experts from ZSL recently visited our Chinese giant salamander project in China. Head of ZSL’s herpetology department Ben Tapley has written…
Introducing EDGE fellow Arun Kanagavel
My name is Arun Kanagavel and I have been working in the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot in India on herpetofauna and with local communities…