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…
Action Plan for the Conservation of Terrestrial Mammals Endemic to Hispaniola (Solenodon paradoxus and Plagiodontia adium)
During the 10th and 11th of October 2012 a large group of people working for the conservation of the Hispaniolan solenodon and Hispanolian hutia…
Solenodon Joe Says Farewell
Since 2009, Dr José Nuñez-Miño has been the field project leader for the Last Survivors Project, raising awareness and conducting conservation actions for the…
Create Your Own EDGE Species
In partnership with EDGE, Mozilla Thimble has built the Awesome Animal Builder project, where you can create your own EDGE species by ‘remixing’ different…
The Last Survivors: Busy Times in the Caribbean
We owe all of you a huge apology since it has been over two months since our last blog update. The whole team has…
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…
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…
Busy Times and Many Visitors – The Last Survivors Project Update
Two months have passed since the last blog and we have been extremely busy during this time. We had a great opportunity to increase…
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…
Start the year as you mean to go on
I am convinced that time is speeding up; the last few weeks have absolutely flown by. Our main focus since our last blog has…
Amazing year…more to come
End of the year on the Last Survivors project… As we approach the end of 2011 its time to once again reflect on the…
Making a difference
Where have the last two months gone? They seem to have flown past and the lead up to Christmas is upon us. We have,…
Two years on: continued conservation action
So much has happened since our last posting that I have no idea if I’ll be able to cram it all into a reasonable…
Back and ready to go
After visiting friends and family back in the United Kingdom I am now back in the sunny Caribbean. Actually it’s not been that sunny…