Amazing wildlife hotspot in Peru!
Check out this amazing set of videos. Short-eared dogs, giant amradillos, and many more! Gotta get there! http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/amazon-explorer-films-shocking-wildlife
Lowland Gorillas Protected in a Green Abyss
The locals said it could not be done. It was 1999, and the hardheaded ecologist J. Michael Fay was determined to tromp across 2,000 miles of the Congo Basin. In a northeastern patc
Long Beaked Echidna in Australia
Its fun to dream… but I think the chances that this is a mislabeled specimen from New Guinea are much more likely than the chances of Long Beaked Echidnas roaming NW Australi
US proposes listing Wolverine as endangered
See http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0205-hance-wolverine-esa.html Though if only 250 – 300 survive in the lower 48 states as it is, then its hard to understand why it isn’
Stranding Dolphins
Some unusual film of a pod of Common Dolphins as they strand on a Brazilian beach http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21575-what-made-30-dolphins-come-ashore-in-brazil.html Jon
Giant armadillos
Scientists document baby giant armadillos for the first time.
Bornean Cats
Here’s a nice article Maurice Tijm sent me with film of both Marbled Cat and Clouded Leopard from Jyrki Hokkanen (the Clouded Leopard film at least has already been posted he
Bison Battles
Why it’s important for bison on private reserves to fight.
Straw Coloured Fruit Bats in their Millions
Some fabulous photos from Kasanka NP Zambia, where the Straw Coloured Fruit Bats gather in their millions this time of year. I actually saw this there for New Year’s Eve 1992
New Trip Report – Ecuador
Dominique Brugiere just sent me this report of a 5 week trip with some good mammals including Spectacled Bears, Mountain Tapir, Galapagos Fur Seal, Tayra, Woolly Monkeys and a Gian