Vietnam trip update
Dear All, It looks like there actually will be an opportunity to visit some restricted areas of Vietnam to see Annamite striped rabbit and try for saola and black muntjac, but only
Advances of Mammalogy
Mammalwatching is not all about fun: it can and does make serious contributions to science 🙂
Mammals behaving badly
http://arbroath.blogspot.com/2015/12/beaver-suspected-of-causing-fire-that.html -Heavenlyjane
Conservation Suggestions
One of my friends at an NGO asked me for suggestions of locations in tropical countries which are not getting the conservation attention that they deserve. I sent him my thoughts,
Capybara news
Apparently, there is only one species, although this study was also mtDNA-only.
Sichuan and Alaska
Dear All, I might be able to travel to Sichuan and Alaska in February-March, for about 9 days each. Would anybody be interested in joining me? For Sichuan, I’ll try to persua
Common dolphins reshuffled
A new paper analyzed the systematics of Delphinus and found that D. capensis is not a valid species. Apparently, there are still two species: the long-billed D. bairdii, pretty muc
Acoustic key to the new world Bats
https://sites.google.com/site/batsoundservices/ This free resource is pretty cool, I’ll have to dig out some anabat files and give it a try. They list 29 species in Cochise C
Quolls & Toad Sausages
An interesting story from my colleague Justine Hausheer: can helicopter deployed toad sausages save the northern quoll? It’s not a joke — it’s a real conservation