Alihuen: An Agrarian Conservation Story on Chiloé’s Archipelago
Alihuen means Big Tree in the language of the indigenous Mapuche peoples of Chile. When Jeroen Beuckels decided to settle in the rural Chepu province of Chiloe with his wife Grec
Maine Whale Watching Trip
I spent the weekend in Portland, Maine to try, yet again, to look for Atlantic White-sided Dolphins. This is a species I had look for – and failed to – see on at least
Mediterranean Monk Seals
Some of you will remember the Mediterranean Monk Seal I saw earlier this year in Croatia. I’m very sorry to report that the seal died last week, from pneumonia. Meanwhile ano
Another New Mammal Big Day Record for North America
On 3 August 2014, Peter Pyle (the mastermind), Pat Kleeman and I made an all-out attempt to break the previous mammal “big day” record for North America of 30 native species, s
New Report – Southern California & 5 new Saki species described
A short report from Curtis Hart Southern California, 2014: Curtis Hart, 1 week & 10 species including a Desert Pocket Mouse and Canyon Bat. and 5 new Amazonian Saki species des
Trip Report: Vancouver Island, Montana and a bit of Wyoming and Washington
I spent the last week of August looking for mammals around the north west of the USA. Vancouver Island My first stop was a return to Mount Washington on Vancouver Island to try aga
Why Do Bats Transmit So Many Diseases Like Ebola?
A nice video in these days of bad PR for bats. Thanks to Jean-Michel Bompar for sending it through https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao0dqJvH4a0 Jon
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