Database of mammal sounds
Hi all, I was surprised to see that there isn’t a database where we can share sounds of mammals as there is for birds (xeno-canto.org). Living in an African National P
Mammal Watcher’s Most Wanted
After the popular, albeit highly controversial, world’s best mammal poll (thanks everyone for the analysis) I would love to hear what your current 10 most wanted mammals are
World’s Best Mammals. And the winners are ….
A month or so ago I ran a straw poll asking people what their “Ten best mammals” were, from a mammal watching point of view. The response was impressive. Forty people s
Photography while solo spotlighting. Any tips?
A couple of people have asked over the past few weeks if I have any advice on how to photograph mammals – especially small ones – while spotlighting on your own. My lon
Assorted news
Dear All, I’ll be driving from New Jersey to Cape Cod Saturday evening to see the whales, and will be back around noon on Sunday. If anybody is interested in sharing the fu
Best bang-for-buck mammal destinations
“Kittykat23uk” and all: the following three links should help you determine which destinations have the highest mammal diversity and possibly cost-efficiency (depending on trav
Mammalian species prioritization scale
Hello all, The write-up took much longer than I had anticipated – came out to 10 pages – for which I apologize sincerely. But finally, here is the scale for ranking mam
Wildlife guides
Hi, This winter I had a wouderful experience in Torres del Paine, Chile thanks to Jose at https://www.facebook.com/wayajapumatour/. I am now planning a shorter trip to Malaysia mai
Chinese mammals – including Giant Panda trip – one place available March 2018
There has been a drop out on a very small group trip to explore some of rural China in search of a range of wildlife including a week dedicated to panda tracking and hopefully pand
A revised taxonomy of the Felidae
The IUCN Cat Specialist Group has just published its long-awaited review of Felidae taxonomy as a special 79 page issue of Cat News. I haven’t had time to read through it yet b