New EDGE mammal arrives at London Zoo
ZSL has recently welcomed a new arrival to London Zoo. Whilst this may be a regular occurrence in a zoo with thousands of animals,…
Giving pangolins a voice
EDGE Programme Manager, Carly Waterman, and EDGE Fellow, Ambika Khatiwada, attended the recent IUCN-SSC Pangolin Specialist Group Conservation Conference in Singapore. The conference provided…
Rare mouth brooding frog could possibly be extinct
Former EDGE fellow Claudio Soto-Azat has recently published a paper on the conservation of Darwin’s frogs, which includes the northern Darwin’s frog (Rhinoderma rufum)…
Conservation of Pangolins given hope at inaugural ‘Scaling up Pangolin Conservation’ conference
Today (24th June) marks the start of the first ever global Pangolin conference organised by the IUCN Pangolin Specialist Group and Wildlife Reserves Singapore….
Deadly fungus found in caecilians
As explained in this blog post from 2011 chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) is one of the primary reasons that amphibians face the greatest risk…
ZSL win £500,000 Google global impact grant
On Monday (3rd June) ZSL won a £500,000 grant from Google’s global impact awards to deploy next generation cameras to stop the poaching of…
EDGE Zones – EDGE species mapped for the first time
Since its inception the EDGE of Existence programme has been identifying the top EDGE species in a number of taxonomic classes and has begun…
Giant salamander conservation in China
Meet Fang Yan and Lv Jingcai, two EDGE Fellows who will be researching the Chinese giant salamander (CGS) in their home country of China….
Introducing EDGE Fellow Zhou Feng
My name is Zhou Feng and I come from Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China. I am really looking forward to starting my EDGE Fellowship and…
Our Unknown World
A sound knowledge of the number of species on earth is vital for predicting extinction rates and subsequently for our understanding of conservation and…
Media training? Yes indeed!
It’s important that conservationists learn media skills so that they can effectively communicate their work to the general public. With this in mind, Sabine…
Like a Fish to Water
Most people have used a map. But how many people have created a map? This is one of the things that we are teaching…
Conservation, Culture and Wildlife
It’s the second week of the EDGE Conservation Tools training course and this week we’ve focused on introducing a wide variety of statistical tools….
Community Power and Indigenous Knowledge
As part of the EDGE Conservation Tools training course, the participants visit a wide range of community conservation initiatives. These trips give them a…