New Trip Report – Tanzania
Tanzania, 2013: INDRI tours, 15 days & 46 species including Harvey’s Duiker and an Aardwolf. Jon
Whale stranding attributed to sonar mapping for the first time & a new rat genus in Indonesia
An investigation of a mass stranding of melon-headed whales in Madagascar in 2008 blames ExxonMobil echosounder and A prominent tuft of spiny hair on the back, a white tail tip and
Pygmy Sloth Fiasco & Hwange Elephants Poisoned
Last Monday (9 September 2013), the police officer on morning duty at Isla Colón International Airport, Panama noticed some foreigners loading crates with what appeared to be anim
New Trip Reports: South Africa and the Western Sahara
Two more trips reports from the top and bottom of Africa. Western Sahara, 2013: Alain Guillemont, 4 days & 10 species including Sand Cat, Wild Cat and Fennec Fox. South Africa,
Last 50 Lavasoa Lemurs; Balkan Lynx Conservation; and good news for Nepali Tigers
Three interesting articles…. Researchers have discovered a new — and critically endangered — species of lemur on the island of Madagascar. The primate is formally describ
Report on teh Creatures of Kenya’s Loima Hills
An interesting report on a survey for Desert Warthog in North West Kenya… Turkana is Kenya’s most remote district. Located west of Lake Turkana in the north-west corner of
New Trip Report – Tanzania & Zanzibar
Tanzania & Zanzibar, 2013: Bob Berghaier, 10 days and many species including Ader’s Duiker, Suni and Aardwolf. Plus records of other species he has seen there over the ye
New Trip Reports: Channel Islands (California) & Botswana
Two new trip reports Botswana, 2013: Indri Tours, 10 days & 34 mammals including Wild Dogs, Honey Badger, Roan and Sable Antelopes and Sitatungas. The Channel Islands: Cheryl A
Help Sangha Lodge Reopen
Many of you will have heard about the elephant massacre in Dzanga Sangha National Park recently following the political unrest in the Central African Republic. The wonderful Sangha
Blind, starving cheetahs: the new symbol of climate change?
Another possible flow-on effect from climate change http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/nature-up/2013/jun/21/blind-starving-cheetahs-climate-change Jon