2 Chipmunks – ID required

Jean-Michel Bompar has sent me a few photos of animals he saw in the SW USA recently. What does anyone think these two chipmunks are. The first was at Boube Arch, in Arches NP in U

Walruses Move Ashore as Sea Ice Melts

The beaches of Alaska’s northwest coast are getting crowded. Giant aggregations of walruses are an increasingly common sight on the lands adjacent to the Arctic Sea, where warmin

Bat Blitz 2012

The SBDN has announced the 2012 blitz. May 20-24 at Apalachicola National Forest and vicinity, Florida Panhandle. A pretrip to see an emergence of Southeastern Myotis would be high

This is from Vladimir Dinets Jon —– Dear All, Right now there is a rare opportunity to look for rarely-seen high-elevation mammals in the southern Appalachians. There i

3 Florida Panthers Die in the First Ten Days of 2012

Florida panthers are off to a rough start in 2012, with three deaths documented by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Already, in just the first week of 2

Scientists Estimate Up to 6.7 Million Bats Dead From Fast-spreading Disease

A mysterious, fast-moving disease has now killed as many as 6.7 million bats in North America over the past six years, according to an estimate released today by bat biologists. Th

Ribbon seal in Seattle

A ribbon seal has been sighted on a dock in Seattle, see story and photo for details.

Fishers in the eastern US

I’ve always found fishers to be incredibly cool animals, and have always wanted to see one. In the 90s, they were reintroduced to my home state of Pennsylvania. They appear t

Climate changing outlook for harp seals

Warming oceans and melting sea ice may have a major impact on harp seals, the doe-eyed animals that are the prime target for Canada’s annual seal hunt. Jon