Qinghai tour highlights and need help with Pika/Vole/Hamster IDs
Hi, My wife and I returned from a 4-week trip to Qinghai including a 2-day Tangjiahe add-on. August is not an ideal month to travel in Qinghai but we still scored a lot of amazing
South Florida & St. Croix
I’ll be in South Florida and St. Croix in mid-October. I’ve read all the trip reports and previous blogs on this and there’s a lot of good information. Some follo
Paying communities per mammal seen in Laos….
I’ve just heard that the WCS Laos program and several partners have set up a great project that takes people on night boat rides and then pays the community according the num
New trip reports – Alaska & Uganda
A couple of excellent reports just added to mammalwatching.com, both featuring a bunch of stuff I’ve not seen and some nice photos too. Alaska, 2014: Stefan Lithner, 3 weeks
Revision to Humpback Dolphin taxonomy
A good deal of work has gone into this study to sort out the genetics of the Sousa genus http://www.wildlifeextra.com/do/ecco.py/view_item?listid=1&listcatid=1&listitemid=1
New trip report – Poland
Poland, 2014: Mark Hows, 4 days & 18 species including Spotted Souslik, Pine Marten and Racoon Dog. Jon
Serval photographed in Morocco
This is interesting. I had no idea Servals came so far north http://moroccanbirds.blogspot.com/2014/08/serval-photographed-middle-atlas.html Many thanks to Mohamed from Moroccan Bi
RFI: Porcupines in Italy (again)
I’ve asked this before – here and here – but I continue to fail dismally at finding Porcupines in Italy. So I will ask again just in case there is any new info. I
Monkeys use field scientists as human shields against predators
This is quite an interesting article about monkeys using human shields when they worry about predation. I remember hearing a story in Zambia about this working the other way around
Bat photography in the French Pyrenees
Last week I spent a week photographing bats with a friend in the French pyrenees, where we visited desman biologist Alain Bertrand. He is an old friend from our desman adventures a