Sulawesi Trip Report – now with photos
Curtis Hart has redone his Sulawesi report – some great photos of Babirusas and other stuff http://curtisfrommichigan.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/sulawesi-2009/
Saola Captured
An extremely rare saola was recently captured by Laotian villagers, the first time this rare species has been recorded since 1999. Unfortunately, it died before it could be release
Grey Literature
There was a brief discussion on this blog a few weeks ago about why scientists don’t pay more attention to the grey literature from us amateurs http://mammalwatching.wordpres
New Trip Report – India
And here’s another report from Curtis Hart for 3.5 weeks in India. Highlights include Tigers, River Dolphins and Nilgri Tahrs. Jon
New Trip Report – Sri Lanka
Here’s a report from Curtis Hart of a trip last December to Sri Lanka. Highlights include 5 Leopards in Yala NP. http://curtisfrommichigan.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/sri-lanka-
High Altitude Tigers in Bhutan
A BBC film crew has found Tigers living up to 4000m in the Bhutanese mountains
New Trip Report – Borneo and Singapore
A third excellent report from Sjef Ollers covering Sabah and Singapore, 2007 – 3 weeks & 35 species including Clouded Leopard, Flat-headed Cat and Hose’s Langur.
Hairy nosed Otter and other small carnivores photographed in Sabah
I would love to see their video of the Otter Civet http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100803072723.htm
New study revises Finless Porpoise Taxonomy and Yangtze River Porpoise conservation
Here is a link to a BBC news story summarizing the paper http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8767000/8767968.stm Take home message is that: The Chinese and Indo-Pacifi
New Trip Reports: Taman Negara & Java
I was in SE Asia in June and July, and I spent a couple of nights in Taman Negara to (successfully) look for Tapirs A report is here I then went to Java for a few days and saw 21