Highlights from the DESMAN Course 2012
Pedro Martinez is a biologist who works for the Last Survivors Project in the Dominican Republic which aims to conserve EDGE species such as…
IUCN-SSC Pangolin Specialist Group is Formed as Illegal Trade Increases
There is no doubt that the eastern traditional medicinal market is booming: demand for animal products across Asia is on the rise. Tiger bones,…
A New Book Highlights that “Life is Good” for Conservation
The Sumatran rhino (EDGE species #9), the Hispaniolan solenodon (#7), and the pygmy hippo (#28) all star in a new book of essays by…
In Search of the Pygmy Three-toed Sloth – Part I – Supplies, Storms & Sebastian
After 13 months of project planning, fund raising and reviewing the available literature, Craig Turner and I were at the stage of actually procuring…
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…
Species of the Week: Bactrian Camel
The only true wild camels that still exist are Bactrian camels (Camelus ferus). This species can survive in one of the most hostile environments…
Passion and Fashion: Gabby’s Going ‘Wild’ for EDGE
Gabby Wagner (aka Gabby Wild) has walked an extraordinary path to get where she is today. Currently a veterinary student at Cornell University in…
New Family of Caecilians Discovered
North-east India is a poorly understood region only considered to be a ‘gateway’ between the Himalayan and Indo-Burmese biodiversity hotspots, but now researchers are…
Introducing EDGE Fellow Dušan Jelić
Hi! My name is Dušan Jelić and I live in Zagreb, the capital city of a beautiful country called Croatia (Central Europe). I have…
Leaping Ahead of Extinction
To coincide with Leap Day, Amphibian Ark has launched a new international event that is celebrating the successes achieved in amphibian conservation, both in…
Urgent Action Needed: Planting Trees for Loris
Note: Thank you to everyone who supported this campaign and helped us reach our target! if you would like to keep supporting EDGE project…
Saola: a closer look at a new EDGE Focal Species
One of the new additions to the group of focal EDGE Mammals in urgent need of conservation attention is the saola, a shy and…
Reefs at Risk
This week a major new report, three years in the making, on the current status of the world’s coral reefs called Reefs at Risk…