Polar Bears on the Edge: new book and fundraising campaign
Morten Joergensen, who was with me in Ladakh on our snow leopard expedition last year, is passionate about the plight of Polar Bears and has written a book on their conservation, i
New (old) reports: Pakistan and Afghanistan
Vladimir Dinets just submitted these notes of trips he took to these two countries some time ago. I visited Pakistan briefly in 2011 and loved the country. Afghanistan sounds fabul
Archbold Biological Station
I will be leading a writing workshop at Archbold Biological Station in May and will be staying on the station. I have seen this site mentioned as a good place to see Florida mouse.
Big-eared bats taxonomy
As all of you know, the taxonomy of Palearctic big-eared bats (Plecotus) has recently been completely overhauled, with numerous species split. IUCN Red List has implemented the cha
New Trip Report: Colombia
Another report from Tobi Lundqvist who was Colombia last year for 9 days and saw 8 species including the fabulous Cotton-top Tamarins, as well as Grey-handed Night Monkey and (anot
New Trip Report – Bobcat Safari, Central California
Venkat Sankar just sent his first mammal watching report through. He took a Bobcat Safari this month and in 2 days in Central California saw 9 species with 7 Bobcat sightings! Jon
New Trip Report – Guyana
I spent the last week of March in Guyana. I loved it and here’s my report. Guyana 2015: 8 days & 33 species including all 8 primates, Greater Longnosed Armadilloes and Ho
Californian Weekend: Joshua Tree and Environs
I spent the Easter long weekend in California and spent a couple of nights at Joshua Tree Natinal Park and Anzo Borrego State Park in the south east of the state. My main targets w
A new journal for publishing distributional records
Any advanced mammalwatcher obtains extralimital or otherwise interesting records from time to time. Now there is a journal where you can easily publish them as short notes: http
New Trip Report: Ecuador
Here’s a new report from Torbjorn Lundqvist Ecuador 2015, 3 weeks & 29 species including Woolly, Equatorial Saki and White-bellied Spider Monkeys, Olingo and Olinguito, 2