New Jersey pelagics
Last Friday I went on a 12-hour pelagic from Cape May. It was a beautiful, smooth ride, but the only mammals seen were two minkes and a very shy pod of offshore bottlenose dolphins
RFI: Southern California rodents
Hi all, I’ll be in Southern California towards the end of December and am planning on looking for some of the local Heteromyids. I understand the timing (of year) is not opti
New shrew species from Ethiopia
Two new shrews. have just been described from Ethiopia. Crocidura afeworkbekelei occurs on Sanetti Plateau, while C. yaldeni is apparently endemic to Beletta Forest near Jimma. L
New Trip Report, Kenya
Here’s a new report from Steve Morgan. Kenya, 2016: Steve Morgan, 2 weeks and 64 species, including Aardvark, Caracal, Zorilla, Striped Hyena and Hirola. Jon
Various Trip Reports – India, Nepal and Yellowstone – Royle Safaris
Tiger Safari to Bandhavgarh Trip Report – Royle Safaris A trip report from a tiger safari of Bandhavgarh National Park in India, with sightings of 4 different Tigers througho
South Africa’s Mammals
Hi everyone! I’m a mammalwatcher from South Africa and I’ve seen most of the common mammals in South Africa but there’s a few species I’m struggling to find
New Trip Report: Australia
Dominque Brugiere is back from 2 months in Australia where he saw some nice mammals and discovered a few new sites (well I think they are new at least) for some of the macropods i
New species
Two new papers of interest: (1) splitting trident-nosed bat into 3 spp., one of them completely new; (2) claiming multiple new spp. among Chinese pikas. I find the first one prett
HMW Vol. 6 review, part 2.
So, here is another list of noticeable things in HMW vol. 6, including all differences with IUCN Red List taxonomy. Let me know if you need more details on any of them. The two ssp
New Trip Report: The Sea of Okhotsk
Here’s a report from an exciting destination, especially if you are a pinniped fan! Sea of Okhtosk, 2016: Cheryl Antonucci, 12 days & 12 species including Northern Fur Se