Kenya 2016 – Hell’s Gate National Park and Arabuko-Sokoke Forest
Kenya 2016 – Arabuko-Sokoke Forest and Hell’s Gate National Park Zachary Harris Introduction This winter I went on a family vacation to Kenya for nine days in over t
Amazon Exploration Cruise, June 2017: Two Spaces Left
Fiona Reid and I are organising a 2 week trip into the Brazilian Amazon in June this year and there are 1 or 2 spaces still available. This is going to be a small,very mammal-focus
New Trip Report: Kenya
Samuel Marlin was in Kenya over Christmas and saw some nice stuff. Kenya, 2016: Samuel Marlin, 12 days & 52 species including Hirola, Desert Warthog, Giant Forest Hog, Golden-r
New Trip Report: Oman
Here’s a short report from Dominque Brugiere on Oman. Oman, 2016: Dominique Brugiere, 2 weeks and 7 species including Striped Hyena and Arabian Gazelle. But no Tahr. Jon
New Trip Report: South Africa
A new report from Mark Hows South Africa, 2016: Mark Hows, 2 weeks & 80 species or so, including South African Hedgehog, Black-footed Cat, and a bunch of nice bats and rodents
What is this bat from the Western Cape, South Africa?
I have some bats too that I would love to ID. There were a few of these very small bats roosting in roof cracks on Dunedin Farm, about 60km north of Beaufort West in the Karoo. The
Rodent ID from South Africa – help please
I am struggling to ID a few small mammals I saw in South Africa over the holidays. Does anyone have any theories on the following please? Species 1 This smallish rodent was at Du
New Trip Reports: Sichuan & Shaanxi
Here are two new reports via Sid Francis in Sichuan. Sichuan and Shaanxi, 2016: Justin Brown and Linden Stear’s links to YouTube videos plus notes of 29 species encountered i
Ganges River Dolphin and other species near Koshi Tappu, Nepal
Just got back from a 3-day trip to Koshi Tappu in SE Nepal, where we saw and photographed four Ganges River Dolphins immediately adjacent to the south side of the Koshi Barrage dam
Aurochs return
to Europe makes the CNN homepage. I am impressed how quickly selective breeding can work (at least superficially) http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/09/world/auroch-rewilding/index.htm