Archive for category: Africa

Some research on two interesting species off of the Mauritanian coast. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110121081049.htm

I got back from Madagascar on Monday. And a report is linked here – 42 species of mammals in...

ScienceDaily (Nov. 16, 2010) — Long-nosed Cape rock elephant-shrews are fond of sticky treats, according to Dr. Petra Wester...

ScienceDaily (Oct. 11, 2010) — A new species of small carnivore, known as Durrell’s vontsira (Salanoia durrelli) has been...

Maybe. I don’t know why they think that on the basis of a photo but we will see http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/09/21/elephant.shrew/index.html?hpt=C2

This story is doing the rounds today… the embedded video link is amusing too http://www.smh.com.au/environment/whale-watch/whale-leaps-from-water-crushes-yacht-mast-20100722-10ll5.html?autostart=1

ScienceDaily (July 13, 2010) — African national parks like Masai Mara and the Serengeti have seen populations of large...

David Bishop sent me this brief – but interesting – account of a month long voyage up the west...

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/04/rare-dwarf-lemur-rediscovered.php