Updated information on finding some of Californnia’s Chipmunks
Back in 2015, before Venkat Sankar was a household name, he sent me this useful post. Likely written by him during an elementary school recess. Venkat just provided some updated in
RFI Ghana – gear
We are planning to go to Ghana for three weeks in December (we have tickets, hope to get visa next week). I have looked into some reports and other materials, but basically everyon
Vaquita and conservation
I just watched Sea of Shadows on Nat Geo. It’s about how cartel fisheries is threatening Vaquitas in the Sea of Cortez. Its extremely depressing! At our mammalwatching meetin
RFI: Bolivian Amazon/Pampas
Hi all, I am planning a trip to Bolivia for two weeks at the end of March 2024 with my parents, who will be on sabbatical in Brazil. We’re probably going to have about 5 nigh
Mammalwatching Exclusive Safari: Nambia, May 2024
I thought this would be a good time to advertise it again. And if you are living in New York, where it has rained every weekend for the past 7 weeks, I have to say that Namibia is
New Podcast Episode: John Newby founder of Sahara Conservation
In this month’s episode of the mammalwatching podcast we talk to the legendary John Newby about his 50 years in Chad and Niger working to save some of the rarest antelopes in
Useful travel apps and websites
Most mammalwatchers travel extensively to find animals. Yet few trip reports talk much about how they got to their destination, and hardly any give advice on travel and booking tip
California State Bat
California has various “state” emblems, so that the quail is the state bird and the poppy is the state flower, and so on. The Sabertooth Cat (Smilodon fatalis) is the s
Book Review — Nocturnalia: Nature in the Western Night
Mammalwatching.com’s very own Charles Hood and Jose Gabriel Martinez-Fonseca have just published a new book to encourage people to get out after dark and enjoy nature.
Guide to Kangaroo Rats and Mice of California
Last winter, I made an ArcGIS Storymap of the most likely places to find multiple species of kangaroo rats and mice in California. The data I used came from trip reports posted to