Bolivia trip report. May 2023. Stuart Chapman
The last leg of my Cat Quest in South America we saw four cat species (Jaguar, Jaguarundi, Ocelot, Puma) and 44 species of mammals of which 24 were lifers for me. Other notable s
Advertising: A Small Group Tour to the Southern and Northern Pantanal with Leo Patrial, October 2023
Regina Ribeiro is is looking for one or two people to join a Pantanal tour this October for a trip guided by Leo Patrial. This two week trip offers excellent chances to se
Paraguay trip report. May 2023. Stuart Chapman
I just spent the last two weeks in Paraguay on a tour led by Paul Smith of Fauna Paraguay. I saw one of my main cat targets, Geoffroy’s cat, and a total of 28 mammal spec
Trip Report – Bolivian Mammalwatching Tour – Royle Safaris – August 2022
In the summer of 2022 Royle Safaris ran our first of 3 mammal focused (special interest in cats) trips to Bolivia. All were very successful with 5 species of cat being seen on two
Bats of Cascada San Luis SE Ecuador
Silky Short-tailed Bat – Carollia Brevicaudi
ECUADOR DECEMBER 2021
Sad to read that the Mashpi Mountain Coati recently passed away. I myself was also successful there with the species (and the same individual) in 2021 during my productive visit to
Northern Oncilla
It’s a Wild Life! – Separate Post: Northern Oncilla Hi everybody, As many of you know Romy and I (Rob) are travelling South-America and are now in Colombia. Of course w
New Podcast Episode: Arnaud Desbiez and his Giant Armadillo study
Charles and I had the great pleasure of chatting with Arnaud Desbiez last month from his home in the Brazilian Pantanal. Since 2010, Arnaud, a Whitley Award-winning conservationist
Ecuador: Andes to Amazon
Return trip to Ecuador in February 2023 to collect material for the next volume in the Wildlife of the World series. The main target was mammals from three different habitats; the