RFI YELLOWSTONE
Hi, Everyone, my wife Ingrid and I are contemplating a return to Yellowstone NP in 2023. We haven’t been there since 2008 but always planned to return. Last time we found l
Advertising: Panama Mammal Tour, 25 May – 3 June 2023
Another new tour from Royle Safaris, with ten days in Panama next year in some of the best forest in Central America (I just got back). Plus (and this is a major selling point in m
New Trip Report: Estonian Lynx
A nice report from Michel de Boer of a very successful trip to Estonia in search of a Lynx, with some great pictures. Estonia 2022: Michel de Boer, 2 weeks & 11 species includi
Taxonomy news
I haven’t posted these updates for a few months and this one might be incomplete. Sorry, the war in Ukraine has been a major distraction. 1. New shrew Chodsigoa dabieshanensi
New Trip Report: Bolivia
A second report from Lennart Verheuvel who was in Bolivia after Ecuador Bolivia, 2021: Lennart Verheuvel, 15 days & 22 species including Giant Anteater, Jaguar and Jaguarundi.
Couple of black bears this AM
Went out for a hike this AM in Central Massachusetts. On the way back I noticed a large blob off to the side of the trail. I stopped and looked closely assuming it was a downed tre
Advertising: Borneo’s Rare Mammals: 26 August – 9 September 2022
Royle Safaris have a scheduled 2 week rare mammals tour to Sabah, Borneo starting 26 August. Borneo has a host of rare and elusive nocturnal mammals including Sunda clouded leopard
Rusty Spotted Cat, Sloth Bear and More, Panna NP April 2022
A brief visit to Central India’s Panna NP, on the cusp of an early summer heat wave produced 20 species of mammals, including the uncommonly seen Rusty Spotted Cat, Madras Tree S
Maldives
I just finished the 17 day research trip with Charles Anderson on the MV Keana. It was another great trip with 14 cetacean species seen and a fabulous way to get over the Covid hum
Yellow-footed antechinus near Wangaratta
I and a friend spent the weekend at Kurringai Cottage near Wangaratta. It is sold as “self-catering accommodation for the nature-lover”. It has a three-acre bird garden on a ri