seeing golden lion tamarin
Hi Hi At the risk of taking over this forum with requests for information, has anyone been to the golden lion tamarin reintroduction site near Rio? I’m quite keen to go if yo
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
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
Against the Tide: Currents Keep Dolphins Apart; Study Finds Invisible Oceanographic Factors That Keep Populations Separate
ScienceDaily (Mar. 24, 2011) — Conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the American Museum of Natural History, and other conservation and research groups have di
RFI: Lower Rio Grande Texas Mammals
last minute RFI, but does anyone have suggestions for good mammal spots in the McAllen area of Texas? I am heading there on a primarily birding trip this weekend, but would like
Star-nosed Mole RFI
Today two dead Star-nosed Moles were found in my yard in southern Michigan. I’ve lived here for 30 years on and off, and have never seen one. There are not usually a lot
Camera Trap Images
This is worth a look. It seems Bush Dogs really do exist! http://siwild.si.edu/index.cfm?state=gallery
Birders
This made me smile… I’m glad that there are too few mammalogists around to get mentioned 😉 http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/herpetology.png
Ocelot seen in Arizona
This is making the rounds. Pretty exciting, IMO. http://www.azgfd.gov/w_c/es/ocelot2.shtml An AZG&F guy said that two Jaguars have been documented in southern AZ in the last ye
Egyptian Golden Jackals are actually wolves
Interesting new study indicating that an unusual subspecies of Golden Jackal actually represents the earliest diverging lineage of holarctic wolf. http://www.plosone.org/article/in