Carnivore taxonomy news
There is a new paper on the phylogeny of Feliformia (cats, civets, mongooses, hyenas and relatives), available open-access here. Some interesting results: 1. Genus Herpestes is pol
New Trip Reports: Maldives Whalewatching (CTD)
And here are another two reports from the Whale and Dolphin Company. Maldives, October 2015: The Whale and Dolphin Company, 12 days and 12+ species including Rouhg-toothed Dolph
Bowhead Whale in Belgium
If anyone in northwest Europe fancies a twitch, a potentially chaseable Bowhead Whale is present in Belgium for it’s second day – details at https://waarnemingen.be/so
New Trip Report: India (Gujurat and Tadoba)
Here’s a report from last month’s WildWings trip to India, co-led by Richard Webb. Gujurat & Tadoba, 2017: 2 weeks & 3o species including South Indian Tree Shre
It’s time for “Helping Tomer Identify Small Mammals based on Terrible Pictures!”
So I didn’t do my homework on small mammals before goign to the CAR… So I kind of learned some of the squirrels and galagos as I went along. Well, the red-legged sun sq
New Trip Reports: Maldives Whalewatching
Here’s the first two of four reports that Chas Anderson sent me of his cetacean watching trips through the Maldives. Definitely very high on my list of things to do. If all
Manu Trip Report
I finally finished my report for my trip to the Manu lowlands last August: http://www.tremarctos.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Manu.pdf I’m going to start working on my phot
New Guinea Highland Wild Dog Rediscovered
Interesting news from New Guinea, due in part to sightings by Tom Hewitt from Adventure Alternative Borneo. “For the first time in more than half a century, researchers have
A Genet Question from Dzanga Bai
Hi everyone! I have a question to anyone who might be an “expert” in genets, and specifically to Vladimir Dinets, who actually saw what was most likely the same individ
New Trip Report: Borneo
Heres a report from a fabulous Borneo trip in 2016 Borneo, 2016: Starling Tours, 2.5 weeks & 45+ species including Western Tarsier, Short-tailed Mongoose, Sun Bear and Clouded