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…
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…
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…
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…
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 Alfredo Hernández Díaz, our new Axolotl EDGE Fellow
There are lots of beautiful and enigmatic places around the world, and most of them are subject of myths and legends. Can you imagine…
Species in Pieces is simply breathtaking
It’s not everyday you receive an email with a link to an independently created, truly fantastic website that raises awareness of EDGE species in…
Introducing EDGE coral fellow, Robin Ramdeen from Trinidad & Tobago
My name is Robin, I am a ZSL EDGE fellow, mother, daughter, sister, dreamer and sea-lover! If you have been to the seaside and…
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…
The 2015 EDGE Conservation Tools Training Course: A land of snakes and statistics
The thought of being away from home for over a month was pretty daunting. The week before I left was a whirlwind of arrangements…
Introducing new EDGE fellow Paul
My name is Paul, I’m from Cameroon and as an EDGE Fellow I am studying the West African Manatee (Trichechus senegalensis) in Cameroon. I…