Colorado, 2025
A recent trip to Colorado to scout CU Boulder as a possible transfer option and to explore some of the state’s natural wonders. I nabbed a surprising number of mammal species
New publication on Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens)
Hi all, I thought I’d share a link to a significant and exciting new paper. Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) is very poorly known, mostly from strandings.
Polar bear sightings Svalbard-is it worth it?
Hi I’m thinking of making a trip to Svalbard to try and see some polar bears. I was wondering whether it is worth it with the new distances visitors now have to keep (500m).
Western USA Trip Report, June 2025
A spur-of-the-moment 11 000 kilometre drive around the western states in June 2025, in part guided by Venkat Sankar’s 2024 accidental California big year report.
Serval (Leptailurus serval) data for Africa – update to IUCN conservation Status – sigthings needed
Dear MammalWatching Community, My name is Lourens Swanepoel, and I am based at the University of Venda in South Africa. Following correspondence with Jon Hall, he kindly suggested
alligator River NWR: Road closures?
I was thinking about visiting but it’s a long drive from my house (over 10 hours) and they seem to have a rather long list of closures mentioned https://www.fws.gov/story/202
Wood Buffalo National Park suggestions??
I may have a chance to drive through Wood Buffalo National Park in late July or early August. It’s an enormous park, and while it has amazing potential, a lot of that see
Mammal watching suggestions for British Columbia
Hello all, I am planning a part time birding/mammal trip to British Columbia in July. We will visit Vancouver, The Okenagan valley, the Rockies including Banff and Lake Louise, the
ALASKA JUNE 2024: Nome, Seward, Kenai Fjords NP & Barrow
Mostly a birding trip report, but for those that don’t do birds 🙄 there are plenty of mammal photos and an annotated checklist of mammals towards the end of the report. Ma
Suggestions: Upcoming Eastern US Trip
Hello, I am about to go on a “bio-blitz” road trip from Long Island, NY through southern NJ, Delaware, VA to the Smokies region and ending in coastal NC. The trip will