Bering Sea expedition, 2015
Dear All, I am trying to help organize a wildlife-viewing expedition to St. Paul and St. Matthew Islands in the Bering Sea next June. St. Paul has the world’s largest fur sea
Coyote Scat & Palm Trees
It’s not really mammal watching, but thought this might be of interest to mammal enthusiasts: For sabal palm conservation, native plant breeders find that they need coyote sc
Evening bats & marsh rice rats
A couple of tips: 1. There is a colony of evening bats in one of the two bat houses in Samuel Houston Jones State Park near Lake Charles, Louisiana (the other bat house has Mexican
Texas, 2014
I spent the 2013 Memorial Day long weekend in Big Bend Texas, catching bats with Loren Ammerman and her students. A year later I was back and once again the great people at the Ang
Florida Report
We spent a week in Florida recently at St Augustine and then on the west coast near Crystal River. About half the time was spent on business. The two goals of the other half
Field guide to the larger mammals of Tanzania
Well after 4 years of writing, our field guide to the mammals of Tanzania has finally been printed and is due in bookshops within the next week or so. The book only covers the lar
Olinguito in Ecuador
I just read in a trip report that an Olinguito is regularly coming to the feeders at Bellavista Cloudforest Lodge at night. The west slope in Ecuador isn’t known for mammal-w
Davidson Seamount pelagic
Dear All, There will be a long-range pelagic trip to Davidson Seamount off Monterey on May 18: http://birding.aba.org/message.php?mesid=701238&MLID=CA01&MLNM=CA%20-%20Cal
Not unique to humans: marmoset shows compassion for dying mate (with VIDEO)
Fascinating article and video from Mongabay.com: http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0507-mark-marmoset-death.html?n3ws1ttr – HeavenlyJane
Urban bobcat study in Texas
Interesting article about an ongoing urban bobcat study in the Dallas-Ft Worth area of Texas; http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/more-sports/outdoors/20140503-trying-to-explain-more-