Negros Interior Biodiversity Expedition – Part III
To refresh yourselves on parts I and II of this blog trilogy please click here and here. 2012 has finally passed and with it…
The Species of Attenborough’s Ark
The upcoming release of Sir David Attenborough’s BBC documentary ‘Attenborough’s Ark’ will allow, perhaps for the first time, a massive audience of nature lovers…
Creepy Creatures
The weather is biting and the nights are drawing in, but if that’s not enough to make you shiver then maybe you will be…
The First International Olm Workshop!
Since the Croatian Herpetological Society started the olm conservation project “PROTEUS” in 2011, we have hosted several very important meetings and round-table discussions within…
Species of the Week: Mazumbai Warty Frog
The Mazumbai warty frog (Callulina kisiwamsitu) has a very interesting lineage. Its family (Brevicipitidae) is a group of 26 unique frogs from Africa that…
Species of the Week: Luschan’s Salamander
The Salamandridae (“true newts and fire salamanders”) family has around 74 species that diverged from all other salamanders around 200 million years ago, evolving…
Species of the Week: Chile Mountains False Toad
Very little is known about the ecology and lifecycle of the Chile Mountains false toad (Telmatobufo venustus) except that is a member of the…
Sagalla Caecilian Conservation Makes Significant Progress in Kenya
In Kenya, the Sagalla Caecilian Conservation Project is carrying out habitat rehabilitation through planting of indigenous trees and vetiva grass in Sagalla Hill forest,…
Species of the Week: Granular Salamander
The granular salamander (Ambystoma granulosum) is a very unusual EDGE species. Belonging to the Ambystomatidae (or “mole salamander”) family, which diverged from all other…
Gabby Wild Does it for the Giant Salamander
Over the past month of May, Gabby Wild has been a busy bee. In conjunction with EDGE she launched her campaign to save the…
Hydroelectric Developments Threaten the Bullock’s False Toad in Chile
The Nahuelbuta Mountain Range is located within the northern limit of the Valdivian forest ecoregion near the coast of south-central Chile. It is considered…
Species of the Week: Sharp-snouted Day Frog
With only three individuals reported since 1994, it is possible that the sharp-snouted day frog (Taudactylus acutirostris) is already extinct. This frog was the…
Species of the Week: Table Mountain Ghost Frog
The Table Mountain ghost frog (or Rose’s ghost frog – Heleophrynidae rosei) is a focal EDGE amphibian, and is named so because it is…
Cryptozoology, Extinction and Recovery: Conservation’s Never-ending Battles
Piercing through the dark fog of pessimistic predictions for conservation’s future, rays of hope are appearing, in the guise of newly discovered species or…