Colorado Trip Report and lost bat species rediscoverd
A new trip report on mammalwatching.com : Colorado & a little bit of California, 2014: Michel Watelet, 2 weeks & 34 species including Bobcat, Abert’s Squirrel and Big
Indo Pacific Humpback Dolphin Taxonomy
An article about splitting the Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin into 3 species. I was aware that some people considered there to be two species (S.chinensis and S.plumbea), but now it
New Trip Report – Australia and Singapore
I’ve just uploaded a great new report from Australia and Singapore. Andrew and Ben Balmford spent 2 months in Australia and saw 98 species! Including In Qld – Northern
Bramble Caye Melomys (An Australian rodent)
Interesting article for anyone interested in Australian mammals. Thanks to Paul Carter for sharing it. Jon http://theconversation.com/australian-endangered-species-bramble-cay-melo
True Killers kill False Killers, truly
This footage from NZ is pretty wild https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pwGncy8Pahg Jon
Saving the Tenkile: an expedition to protect one of the most endangered animals you’ve never heard of
Nice article on the Tenkile (a New Guinean Tree Kangaroo) and an Australian friend’s work to protect them Read more here Jon
Traveling Naturalist: 5 Marvelous Marsupials to Spot in Queensland
Very nice blog from our own Matt Miller at The Nature Conservancy on mammal watching around Cairns and Cooktown in Australia. Jon See more at: http://blog.nature.org/science/2013/0
Mammal news: Cheetah and speed; Monks and Snow Leopards; and Leadbeater’s Possum under threat
A few interesting articles I’ve seen recently Jon Cheetahs may be the world’s fastest sprinters, but it is their blinding acceleration—faster than a Lamborghini’s—and
Long Beaked Echidna in Australia
Its fun to dream… but I think the chances that this is a mislabeled specimen from New Guinea are much more likely than the chances of Long Beaked Echidnas roaming NW Australi
First ever photo of a PNG Singing Dog in the Wild?
This is interesting… though just about anything about PNG is interesting http://news.mongabay.com/2012/1203-hance-new-guinea-singing-dog.html?fb_comment_id=fbc_34523265557442