New Trip Report: SW Great Basin (USA) Rodent Safari
Here’s a report of Vladimir Dinets’s latest rodent safari in California and Nevada, which saw a bunch of nice rodents. South West Great Basin, May 2015: An account of a
New Trip Report: Tibet
Jesper Hornskov’s latest trip report from 2 week’s in Tibet last month saw 25 species including several Pallas’s Cats, Eurasian Otter and Wolf. I’m looking
New Trip Report: Finland
A new report from Sjef Ollers, who is just back from a successful trip to Finland. Finland, 2015: 6 days & 8 species including Wolf, Wolverine, Brown Bear and Reindeer. Jon
Mammals in the News
A few recent stories that caught my eye. I was expecting some sort of online tool to identify birds and it has arrived (though I anticipated more of a Shazam for bird song). Now wh
Update on massive Saiga die-off in Central Asia
In just a few weeks, half of the world’s population of Saiga antelopes are dead from an unidentified emerging disease. My last post from 10 days ago put the fatality count at
New Trip Reports: Svalbard and Costa Rica
Hello, we got back from Sumatra on Sunday after an excellent trip with over 60 different species in under 2 weeks. A report will follow soon. Meanwhile, I just added two new report
RFI: Big Bend NP, Texas
I will be in BBNP for the first time from June 18-22. I would appreciate any information/recommendations. I would love to see cougar (of course) but will also be looking for ringta
Deramakot, May 2015
I had visited Borneo twice already but at the end of 2014, reports of Deramakot Forest Reserve in Sabah began to arrive in my in-box. Sun Bears, Banded Palm Civets and Marbled Ca
Bats Successfully Treated for White-Nose Syndrome
A rare good news story on the ongoing white-nose syndrome saga: bats successfully treated for WNS released back into wild. There is some interesting research serendipity that led t
RFI: Cayembe Coca, Ecuador
Hi all, I am planning a trip to Cayembe Coca Nat Park in Ecuador next September to look for Andean bear (and possibly mountain tapir…). I would like to know if the park’ roads