Another New Mammal Big Day Record for North America
On 3 August 2014, Peter Pyle (the mastermind), Pat Kleeman and I made an all-out attempt to break the previous mammal “big day” record for North America of 30 native species, s
Why Do Bats Transmit So Many Diseases Like Ebola?
A nice video in these days of bad PR for bats. Thanks to Jean-Michel Bompar for sending it through https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao0dqJvH4a0 Jon
Qinghai tour highlights and need help with Pika/Vole/Hamster IDs
Hi, My wife and I returned from a 4-week trip to Qinghai including a 2-day Tangjiahe add-on. August is not an ideal month to travel in Qinghai but we still scored a lot of amazing
South Florida & St. Croix
I’ll be in South Florida and St. Croix in mid-October. I’ve read all the trip reports and previous blogs on this and there’s a lot of good information. Some follo
Paying communities per mammal seen in Laos….
I’ve just heard that the WCS Laos program and several partners have set up a great project that takes people on night boat rides and then pays the community according the num
Revision to Humpback Dolphin taxonomy
A good deal of work has gone into this study to sort out the genetics of the Sousa genus http://www.wildlifeextra.com/do/ecco.py/view_item?listid=1&listcatid=1&listitemid=1
Indonesian Rat ID help
These photos are a few years old, I’ve been meaning to ask for ID confirmation/help on them. This was suggested to be Niviventer fulvescens, from Pangandaran NP, Java,any tho
Fascinating post on Amazon short-eared dogs
Link to article: Short-eared dog? Uncovering the secrets of one of the Amazon’s most mysterious mammals – Leslie
Another Texas Ocelot Killed on Road
Yet another ocelot dead on the road. The carnage continues, as the species’ survival in South Texas grows increasingly uncertain.
Request of pictures, Marsupials. Handbook of the Mammals of the World
Dear friends, My name is José Luis Copete, amd I’m photographic editor at the HMW series. We are now asking for pictures of Marsupials, for Volume 5. I already received arou