Salamanders on the EDGE: building conservation networks for amphibians in Mexico (Part 2/2)
Four hours and 250km later, in Puebla State, we arrive at Laguna Alchichica, Alfredo’s field site. Set in a landscape that has turned from…
Salamanders on the EDGE: building conservation networks for amphibians in Mexico (Part 1/2)
I am standing on a narrow isthmus of land, essentially a dirt track running on top of a levee. On my right is…
Fellows to Attend Leadership Training in London
Come the fall, London will experience an amazing invasion of endangered species (researchers) when the EDGE fellows come to town! This September, nine EDGE…
Life on the EDGE: May-June 2015
Welcome to Life on the EDGE, our monthly blog featuring news about our projects, fellows, species, and all other things EDGE. This is our…
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…
Lessons Learned from a Lost Manatee
Currently we are at the end of the first year of our project titled Assessing the distribution and threats on the West African manatee…
Mt. Mingan: The Philippine Eagle conservation hub of Sierra Madre
From Luzon to Mindanao the Philippine Eagle will be highlighted by various NGOs and conservation efforts from June 4-10 for Philippine Eagle Week. Which…
Of Pygmy Sloths and Local Communities
Two years have passed since my first encounter with a female pygmy sloth and her baby on Escudo de Veraguas Island. With so little…
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….
Breeding Like Bunnies May Not Be Enough
Lagomorphs are a very distinct group of small mammalian herbivores. The order Lagomorpha (pikas, rabbits, hares and jackrabbits) is defined by small peg-like teeth immediately…
Meet Kini Ignacio Roesler, our 2015 Hooded Grebe EDGE Fellow
Growing up in the Buenos Aires province of Argentina, provided me with easy access to some of the world’s most incredible natural environments. This…
Introducing Micaela Camino, Chacoan peccary EDGE Fellow
My name is Micaela Camino, I am an Argentine biologist working in one of the most amazing places I have ever seen: Chaco, where…
Meet Esteban Brenes-Mora, Baird’s tapir EDGE Fellow
My name is Esteban Brenes-Mora, a Costa Rican biologist and EDGE Fellow. I will be spending the next two years working to conserve the…
Introducing J Kahlil Panopio, Philippine Eagle EDGE Fellow
Whenever someone asks me what I do for a living, I always respond by showing them a picture of a raptor and then go…