Whalewatching alert
After a few years’ gap, huge mixed herds of northern right-whale and Pacific white-sided dolphins are present in Monterey Bay, together with record numbers of transient kille
Nannomys
Small mice of subgenus Nannomys are among the most challenging African mammals for sight identification. If anybody needs a PDF of Bruja et al. (2014) review of this group, please
New (old) Trip Report: Gabon, Cameroons and the Congos
Here’s the final part of Vladimir Dinets’s 2009 memoirs featuring many species I have never seen and a lot I have never heard of. The Congos, Cameroon and Gabon, 2009:
Vole species…
I was just sent this picture from Ninigret NWR on Rhode Island Anyone like to guess what species it is? Jon
Another Clouded Leopard at Deramakot
They seem to be seeing them quite regularly at the moment. Check out this latest sighting (brace yourself Richard Webb and Phil Telfer!) Jon
Redwood Coast news
Last weekend Steve Linsley and I went on a 2-day, 3-night trip to the coast of N California and extreme S Oregon. The results were not what we expected. (1) We didn’t see any
Barbary Macaques
I was in Northern Morocco last week on what was mainly a birding trip and so didn’t really see any mammals of note. However, for information I thought I would mention tha
RFI: Europe (?) in July
Hi all, Our July travel plans have recently fallen through. We have about a week and a half available in early to mid July and I wouldn’t mind spending it in Europe someplace
New Trip Report: Riverine Rabbits in South Africa
A great report from Paul Carter who just spent a weekend successfully searching for Riverine Rabbits, currently top of my list of things to look for when I am back in South Africa
Panama, 2016
In early 2016 I was wondering where to take my kids for a long weekend from New York during their Easter vacation. And then Cheryl Antonucci started posting pictures of Cacomist