Book Review: Mongooses of the World by Andrew Jennings & Géraldine Veron
Mongooses of the World, released late last year, is the latest in the growing array of books to cover a particular group of mammals comprehensively. Mongooses might be some of the
Gear Review: Swarovski Optik EL 8.5 x 42 binoculars
Life has many important decisions. Work. Marriage. Children. But if you make a mistake there are options: you can change careers, file for divorce or leave the kids at an adoption
Book Review: Indian Mammals: A Field Guide. 2014 Edition
If you have travelled to India during the past 15 years you have probably travelled with Vivek Menon’s field guide. I got my copy when it was first published in 2003 and it w
Book Review: Handbook of the Mammals of the World Vol 9: The Bats
Do you remember, way way back in 2009, when the first volume of the Handbook of the Mammals of the World was published? I was so excited. But I was also skeptical that the entire s
Book Review: Carnivores of the World (2nd edition)
Here’s the latest in the Princeton Field Guide series based around groups of mammals of the world. Luke Hunter’s book covers 250 species of carnivores from the Polar Be
App Review: Stuart’s Guide to the Mammals of North America
If you are interested in North American mammals then I suspect this app will come as a very pleasant surprise. Chris and Mathilde Stuart, whose field guides you might know if you h
Handbooks of the Mammals of the World Vol 8: the latest taxonomy (and a critique)
Here’s a note from Vladimir Dinets critiquing the taxonomy used by the latest volume (8) in the Handbook of the Mammals of the World series, as well as highlighting some of t
New Book Review: A Field Guide to the Tracks & Signs of Southern, Central & East African Wildlife
Have you ever been in the field with a guide and wondered how they can glance at a set of tracks and pronounce what species left them and how long ago? Or have you ever been in the
Book and App Review: Stuarts’ Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Africa
The 2017 edition of Chris and Mathilde Stuart’s Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Africa, and the associated app, is another top contribution to any mammalwatcher’s
Book Review: Canids of the World
Some of you may already have a copy of José R. Castelló’s “Bovids of the World”. If so, you will be familiar with the format of his latest field guide, which co