New Trip Reports: Sri Lanka and the Western Ghats
Two new reports from Coke Smith and family, and another epic expedition with great photos. Western Ghats, 2013: Coke Smith, a week or so & 41 species including Brown Palm Civet
Yellowstone Wolves and trophic cascades
A nice video about the flow-on effects of the Wolf’s return to Yellowstone http://www.wimp.com/wolvesrivers/ Jon
Snow Leopard Trip (Adam Riley/ Indri blog); Illegal Wildlife Trade in 60 seconds; and huge Chimp population in the DRC
A couple more things of interest Adam Riley’s blog (he’s a founder of Indri and Rockjumper tours) on looking for Snow Leopards in Hemis NP, India. A compelling and dist
Western Sahara Trip Report; A Fisher in Massachusetts; and Mammals of Yasuni, Ecuador
A few articles and trip reports that might be of interest… Western Sahara, 2014: Richard Webb, 9 days & 12 species including Sand Cat, Striped Polecat, Barbary Ground Squ
New Trip Reports – France and India
Romain Bocquier sent a list of 30+ mammals he’s seen around his home near Tours in France, including some nice bats (Bechsteins, Barbastelles Grey Long-eared), Pine Martens a
Global Mammal Diversity Map
These maps are cool – heat maps of mammal diversity (and some major orders) worldwide http://biodiversitymapping.org/mammals.htm#thumb Jon
Camera Trap Codger Blog
If you haven’t seen it, then the blog by the “Camera Trap Codger” is often fun. Here’s a nice report on some of the mammals camera trapped and sheltering in
First photo proof of Uzbek Snow Leopards
January 2014: Newly obtained camera trap images have provided the very first photographic evidence of snow leopards in the central Asian country of Uzbekistan. Jon
New beaked whale species; Good news for Mexican Wolves; Bad news for West African Lions
Researchers discover rare new species of deep-diving whale February 2014: Based on the study of seven animals stranded on remote tropical islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans o
New Trip Report – The Dominican Republic
I spent last weekend with Fiona Reid and Vladimir Dinets in the Dominican Republic. A report is here of the 4 day trip which found 7 species of mammals including both Hispaniolan S