Africa’s National Parks Hit by Mammal Declines
ScienceDaily (July 13, 2010) — African national parks like Masai Mara and the Serengeti have seen populations of large mammals decline by up to 59 per cent, according to a study
Trout & Voles
A pretty wild photo (by volunteer Ralph Stewart) from The Nature Conservancy’s Silver Creek Preserve. A few fish were killed during research there this summer to determine
Alaska Marmot trip
Hi all I will be in Alaska 8/11-8/19. My plan is to focus on Alaska Marmot and see as many other mammals as I can along the way, with a boat trip out of Seward if possible. As far
Wild Cat Found Mimicking Monkey Calls;
ScienceDaily (July 9, 2010) — In a fascinating example of vocal mimicry, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and UFAM (Federal University of Amazonas) have d
Utah Prarie Dogs and the Channel Islands RFI and some news from the Asia-Pacific
A few people have sent me some trip reports over the last couple of weeks and I am sorry not to have uploaded them but I’ve been travelling through Malaysia, Indonesia and no
Taman Negara Revisited, 2010
In 2010 I was in Singapore for work, so I spent the weekend in Taman Negara on Peninsula Malaysia to try again for the Tapir that had eluded me in 2004. Time was of the essence, so
Visiting Grand Tetons
Hi all, Next week I’ll be visiting the Grand Tetons for a number of days. I’m particularly keen to see a badger and was wondering if anyone had any tips for where I mig
Ground Squirrels
If you want to see a number of ground squirrel species in the West, you really have to come in the spring. About this time each year, they start to disappear again, back undergroun
New Trip Report: British Columbia
Coke Smith sent me a great report from Knight’s Inlet, Johnstone Strait and Vancouver Island a few weeks ago. He saw 13 species including Vancouver Island Marmots (which I th
Maned Wolf video
Here is some nice video of the Maned Wolf at Caraca in Brazil from Lee Dingain’s blog http://leedingain.blogspot.com/2010/05/my-what-long-legs-youve-got.html