Here’s a note from Vladimir Dinets critiquing the taxonomy used by the latest volume (8) in the Handbook of the Mammals of the World series, as well as highlighting some of the recent discoveries. This book covers all of what is left to cover in the series other than bats: such as sloths, anteaters, armadillos and – mainly – shrews.
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Here’s a blog today about certain wildlife species most likely to be affected by the polar vortex. In the...
SAN FRANCISCO — The first confirmed sighting of a rare Sierra Nevada red fox in Yosemite National Park in...
A few weeks ago we discussed the idea of drawing up a global list of mammals that people could...
Hello. I am just back from a fabulous trip to Sierra Leone, where the quality of the mammals and...
The “travel list” has become a bit of a tired concept, with far too many “ten best” lists and...
This is pretty darned cool. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/27/giant-solomon-islands-rat-believed-to-eat-coconuts-discovered Can’t wait to see the ‘Daily Mash’ send-up of this.
Here’s a new report on 2 weeks around the Tibetan Plateau in November from Kevin Zhong. Tibet 2015: Kevin...
Dear All, I’ll be guiding a one-week tour to the Sierra Nevada and the Great Basin in June 2015....
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