Entering a new and exciting phase
This is an update from Joe Nunez on the Last Survivors project. It’s been far too long since our last blog but then we…
The Launch of EDGE Coral Reefs!
EDGE launches a brand new conservation project: EDGE Coral Reefs! Scientists have highlighted 32 coral species that are on the EDGE of Existence. Coral…
A New Year Ahead
As 2010 comes to a close, Jose Nunez-Mino has written a summary of the excellent work he and his team have achieved this year…
The hirola is species of the day!
The hirola antelope, one of EDGE’s cherished focal species, is the IUCN Species of the Day! The hirola is a very special antelope and…
New Areas to Explore in DR
Joe Nunez-Mino: An update on all our activities is long overdue, apologies to everyone following our progress. While I have been away in the…
Loris in the limelight!
A massive occupancy monitoring programme has been initiated over the past 18 months to assess the persistence of lorises in over 100 of the…
Golden-rumped creature is Species of the Day!
EDGE mammal number 46, the remarkable golden-rumped elephant-shrew, is the Species of the Day! Elephant-shrews (or sengi’s) are so-named because they have long, flexible…
Solenodon is Species of the Day!
I don’t know how but the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) figured out that it is my birthday today (17th June)…
Bumblebee bat is Species of the Day
The smallest mammal in the world is EDGE Mammal number 49 and is today’s Species of the Day. This tiny bat weighs less than…
Last Survivors – special edition solenodon blog
We were not expecting to write another blog until mid June but there is lots of exciting news that we want to share with…
Tea plantations threaten amazing purple frog
The Purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis) is a flagship species for conservation in India. Its distribution is restricted to two states in peninsular India, Kerala…
New borns sighted in hirola groups
It has been long since updates are sent for the blog readers. All is well for hirola monitoring. A population is thought to increase…
Impressions on the SCCS in Cambridge
Firstly, I’d like to tell Big Hello to dear blog readers. Today I want to interest you my impression in Cambridge. I was very…
Continued progress…
Back in the UK you have been experiencing the arrival of spring, here on the Island of Hispaniola we are still waiting for our…