Mammals in the News
Unique Among Animals, Kangaroos Use Tail as Fifth Leg, Scientists Find. How many legs does a kangaroo have? The correct answer, according to new research, is five. See more here ht
New Trip Reports: Hawaii & Nunavut
Dominique Brugiere might well be the first man to see a Hawaiian Monk Seal and a Narwhal in the same month! Hawaiian Monk Seals, 2014: Dominque Brugiere’s account of 11 days
For Polar Bears, a Climate Change Twist
An interesting article, highlighting a number of mammals feeding on Snow Geese around Hudson. LA PÉROUSE BAY, Manitoba — The sea ice here on the western shore of Hudson Bay brea
Pygmy Rabbit site near Bannack State Park, Dillon, Idaho
Thank you to Paul Carter for sending me the following report for a Pygmy Rabbit site in Idaho. Seems like its been a really good year for this species. Jon Reservoir Creek road tur
New Trip Report – Guadalupe Islands
Isla Guadalupe, 2014: Cheryl Antonucci’s trip to cage dive with White-pointer Sharks (Great Whites) also produced 12 mammals including Blue Whales, Guadalupe Fur Seals and Cu
New Trip Report – Western USA
Western USA, 2014: Janco van Gelderen, 3 weeks & 41 species/ssp including Bobcat, Grizzly and Long-tailed Weasel. (Lots of great photos though it also means the file is 15mb) c
Maine Whale Watching Trip
I spent the weekend in Portland, Maine to try, yet again, to look for Atlantic White-sided Dolphins. This is a species I had look for – and failed to – see on at least
New Report – Southern California & 5 new Saki species described
A short report from Curtis Hart Southern California, 2014: Curtis Hart, 1 week & 10 species including a Desert Pocket Mouse and Canyon Bat. and 5 new Amazonian Saki species des
Trip Report: Vancouver Island, Montana and a bit of Wyoming and Washington
I spent the last week of August looking for mammals around the north west of the USA. Vancouver Island My first stop was a return to Mount Washington on Vancouver Island to try aga
New trip reports – Alaska & Uganda
A couple of excellent reports just added to mammalwatching.com, both featuring a bunch of stuff I’ve not seen and some nice photos too. Alaska, 2014: Stefan Lithner, 3 weeks