Otters and Mammals from SE Asia – new report
Matt and Maureen Steer’s year long otter and other mammals global safari continues with a report from SE Asia where they got the otter trifector and saw some other nice stuff
New Trip Report – India
Coke Smith and his family spent 3 weeks in India over Christmas and pretty much cleaned up. A trip report is linked here. Highlights include Striped Hyena, Sloth Bear, Capped Langu
New Trip Report – Snow Leopards in Ladakh
A really excellent report – with great photos too – of a successful quest to see Snow Leopards in Ladakh from Ulrik Andersen Is anyone interested in trying to visit the
Sri Lanka, 2010
Sigiriya Fort In December 2010 I had to work for a few days in Colombo. I’d visited Sri Lanka back in 2000 for a short vacation but still had a long list of animals I want
New Trip Report – Sri Lanka
I have just uploaded a report of my trip a week ago to Sigiriya in Sri Lanka. We saw what I thought was an impressive 30+ species in 72 hours, 11 of which were lifers for me includ
The Tiger by John Vaillant
I read a lot of natural history books. There aren’t many as good as this one. John Vaillant’s The Tiger is the story of poachers and a “vengeful” tiger in t
New Snub-nosed Monkey Discovered in Myanmar
Newly discovered snub-nosed monkey sneezes in the rain (October 27, 2010) — Primatologists have discovered a new species of monkey in Northern Myanmar. Rhinopithecus Strykeri
Hairy nosed Otters and Micro Bats in Hala Bala, Thailand – New Trip Report
I was in Hala Bala, Southern Thailand a couple of weeks ago. After three days of considerable discomfort I got an entirely unsatisfactory glimpse of a Hairy-nosed Otter. But I don&
Thailand: Hala Bala, 2010
In October 2010 I took advantage of a work trip to Malaysia to hop over the border to spend four nights in Hala Bala, one of my favourite national parks in South East Asia. My fri
Flying Foxes – Subic Bay on the Philippines
Steve Brown asked me to post the following to raise awareness of the problems Flying Foxes face on the Philippines. If you would like more information please email him at buckheron