Updated Global Mammal Checklist – June 2019
Yes, its the most wonderful time of year once again. My bike had an argument with a New York pot hole 2 weeks ago and I fractured three ribs. And that meant no weekend in North D
Hybridization between two high Arctic cetaceans confirmed by genomic analysis
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-44038-0 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dna-confirms-greenland-whale-narwhal-beluga-hybrid
New Trip Report:Red Pands in India & Nepal
Some nice Red Panda photos here. Singalila National Park, 2018: Naturetrek, 12 days & 3 species including Red Pandas and Yellow-throated Martens. Jon
Bryde’s Whales dying in False Bay (Cape Town, South Africa)
In Feb 2019 I reported on two sightings of Bryde’s Whale in False Bay near Cape Town. Further sad news on this species in the bay is that two have died this year after becoming
RFI: Seeing sitatunga at Katonga Wildlife Reserve, Uganda
Dear all I suspect this will be one of several enquiries about Uganda, Has anyone tried for sitatunga at Katonga Wildlife Reserve, Uganda? From what I gather it is probably a bit o
Asiatic Golden Cat colour morphs
This is an interesting summary of a paper written by some ZSL scientists on different colour morphs in Golden cats in India. They found no less than 6 very different colour types i
New Trip Report: Australia mega report
Here’s a great report from Australia. Australia, 2018: Valentin Moser’s report of mammals seen over the course of 75 days on several trips. He saw over 100 mammals incl
Trip report Nemunas Delta, Lithuania, 30th of May – 3rd of June 2019
Here’s mammalwatching.com’s first ever Lithuania trip report. We made a combined birding & mammal trip to Nemunas Delta wetlands, which are considered globally significant
New Trip Report: Amazon Cruise
Here’s the report of this year’s WildWings “primates and parrots” cruise out of Manaus. Amazon Cruise, 2019: Chris Collins (WildWings), 2 weeks & 40+ sp
Mojave River Beavers
I learned that there were Beavers in the Mojave river area and after a little bit of research and exploring I found them. Hooray! So cool to find beavers period, let alone in South