100 Animals to See Before They Die is inspired by the Zoological Society of London’s recently launched conservation project EDGE – Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered. EDGE targets some of the world’s most bizarre and unusual creatures, animals which are extremely distinct in the way they look, live and behave. They have few or no close relatives and require immediate action to save them from extinction. If they disappear there will be nothing like them left on the planet.

Amazingly, many of these species are ignored by existing conservation plans. 100 Animals fights this ignorance by highlighting the danger these species are in and will encourage greater involvement in the fight to save them.