New species of Elephant Shrew?
This is an interesting article from the BBC in which camera trap images appear to show a new species of Giant Elephant Shrew from Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains
Ethiopia, 2008 Trip Report
The Simien Mountains are a quite remote and scenically stunning national park in northern Ethiopia. They are home to good numbers of Gelada Baboons, a few Ethiopian Wolves and the
Not One but Six Giraffe Species Geneticists Say (maybe)…
This is quite interesting though I think the jury is still be firmly out on whether there are in fact more than one species of Giraffe http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/715
Picture of a Wombat at home
Ben Phillips, a mate of mine in Australia sent me this great picture of a Wombat which he saw when he was camping near Goulburn (NSW) over Xmas.
The Mammal Watching Blog
In 2005 I set up www.mammalwatching.com to provide information on where and how to see the world’s 5,000 or so mammals in the wild. I’ve started this accompanying blog
Thailand: Hui Kha Kaeng and Mae Wong, 2007
I was in Bangkok for work and had a free weekend in December 2007. This was my fifth visit to Thailand and it was getting progressively harder to see new mammals, especially within
South Africa, 2007 Trip Report
I was in South Africa. I was turning 40. I had 10 days and hot tips for Aardvarks, Caracals, Bryde’s Whales and Black-footed Cats…. Kimberley The inspiration for this trip came
Brazil, August 2007
If you ever travel on Portugal’s TAP airlines and have just 30 minutes to make a connection in Lisbon then you are right to be sceptical that your luggage won’t connect with yo
Ethiopia, 2007 Trip Report
Ethiopia is spectacular. The scenery is stunning, the people are among the friendliest I have ever met although they are some of the poorest. In parts of the country most people t
Gujarat & Agra, 2007
I had planned to make my second trip to India at the end of 2006. But thanks to the double incompetence of Charles de Gaulle airport (which like the rest of the country grinds to a