Ground Squirrels
If you want to see a number of ground squirrel species in the West, you really have to come in the spring. About this time each year, they start to disappear again, back undergroun
New Trip Report: British Columbia
Coke Smith sent me a great report from Knight’s Inlet, Johnstone Strait and Vancouver Island a few weeks ago. He saw 13 species including Vancouver Island Marmots (which I th
Maned Wolf video
Here is some nice video of the Maned Wolf at Caraca in Brazil from Lee Dingain’s blog http://leedingain.blogspot.com/2010/05/my-what-long-legs-youve-got.html
Aussie Bat Research 100 years behind…
A nice article on how little is known about the taxonomy of Australia’s bats … http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/bat-taxonomy.htm
Gray Whale now off of Barcelona
A few weeks ago a Gray Whale was reported off of Israel. See here. What is presumably the same individual was recently seen just outside Barcelona Harbour. Incredible. One theory i
White nose Syndrome hits another US species
The latest news from Bat Conservation International…. Bat Conservation International learned this week that the fungus linked to White-nose Syndrome, which has killed more th
White-phase Black Bears
This is a link to an interesting slide show on the white-color-phase black bears that roam the Canadian temperate rainforest of British Columbia. Also called “spirit bears
Japan RFI and new Japan mammal book
Hello, I was wondering, does anyone have any good suggestions for place near Tokyo for mammal watching? I have managed to gather some information, but any additional info would b
New Caledonia RFI
I am going to be in Noumea in early July and hope to have a day or so to look for some bats. Has anyone been there or know anything about bat roosts there? Jon
Solenodon Hunt
They really are fascinating things. And here is a nice clip from the BBC website http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10157237.stm