New Trip Report: Western Brazil 2025
This is my first installment for my travels to Brazil in 2025
New Podcast Episode: Rachel Ashegbofe Ikemeh, Nigeria
In the June podcast we talk with Rachel Ashegbofe Ikemeh, founder of the SW/Niger Delta Conservation Project. Rachel, a Nigerian conservationist and visionary, has built a team of
Advertising: Amazon Primates & Parrots Cruise May 2026 with WildWings with a special mammalwatcher discount!
These Amazon cruises are superb. Wonderful wildlife, a great team and a very comfortable boat. Cruising the Amazon is THE way to travel! So I’m happy to announce next year
Advertising: Primates & Porcupines, small group trip to NE Brazil with Regina Ribeiro and Jon Hall (May 2026)
I’m excited to say that I will – next year – be co-leading a small group tour to northeast Brazil with the legendary Regina Ribeiro in search of some very rare ma
Putumayo: A Primate Paradise at Amazon’s Birds Natural Reserve, Colombia
Location and Access: Amazon’s Birds Natural Reserve is located at ´Vereda Agua Negra km 7 corredor turístico Puerto Asís – Santana Putumayo´. The reserve can be easily
Book review: Illustrated Checklist to Neotropical Primates from Lynx and re:wild
I just received a copy, hot off the presses, of the latest in the Lynx Illustrated Checklist series. Their new book in Neotropical Primates is, like their Madagascar checklist, spo
Monkey Mayhem: Formosan Rock Macaques Will Rock Your World at Shoushan
This World Monkey Day, December 14, 2024, I went for a hike at Shoushan (壽山, Mandarin for “Longevity Mountain”), a coastal mountain in Kaohsiung, the largest city in southe
Many, many primates in northern Brazil (cruise WildWings)
In May 2024 we joined the Primate and Parrot cruise of Wingswings. The cruise from Manaus to Santarem was a once in a lifetime opportunity to see many species of primates in this
Brazilian Primates: Piaui, Maranhao, Para and Mato Grosso
This is the 2024 entry in my quest to see all the primates that live in Brazil. Cheryl
Recommendations for Vietnam in May 2025
Hello all! We are planning a 2 week trip in May 2025 to Vietnam to see some of the endangered primates there. Places that we are thinking of going to are 1) Cat Tien National Park,