Birch Mouse ancestor discovered in Inner Mongolia is new species of rare ‘living fossil’
Birch mouse ancestor discovered in Inner Mongolia is new species of rare ‘living fossil’ ScienceDaily (May 25, 2011) — Tiny fossil teeth discovered in Inner Mongolia
New Trip Report – Lynxes in Sweden
Until a a week ago a pair of Eurasian Lynxes had been seen daily for 3 weeks or so near Stockholm, at a Great Grey Owl Site. I’ve uploaded a couple of reports from people who
Saving the Asiatic Wild Ass in the Mongolian Gobi
Not super interesting I thought, but worth a look if you are interested in Wild Asses… Jon ScienceDaily (May 3, 2011) — Considerable attention is currently being paid to th
Alpine Long-eared Bats in the South of France
Over Easter I took my kids down to Toulon in the south of France to stay with my friends Jean-Michel and Mary Bompar http://bompar-photo-nature.fr/. The weather wasn’t great.
New Trip Report – Qinlings 2011
Coke, Som and Cokie Smith just got back from a very cold week in the Qinlings and saw a Panda along with many other things and took some great photos. The report is here http://cok
A Hollywood Twitch
OK its birds… but the song remains the same. And I’m excited jon THE BIG YEAR – starring Owen Wilson, Jack Black and Steve Martin, follows three avid bird watchers co
New Trip Report – Estonia
At the very start of April I returned to Hiiumaa for a weekend to join the annual trapping survey for European Mink. Winter had lasted longer than usual and many of the rivers were
Tenrec video from the BBC
The video is in English, even if the text is French, but this is a nice clip of Tenrecs communicating with their quills http://www.maxisciences.com/animal/de-surprenants-petits-ani
Tiger Numbers Increase in India
Good news.. or apparently so… http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110328131310.htm Jon
The Daily Mammal
This is a nice idea: Jennifer Kinyak is based in the US and is aiming to draw a different mammal species every day and so work her way through all 5,000. A mammal a day keeps sorro