Wildlife/4 November 2026
Speothos umbrinu: the cryptic canid of the Kanuku Mountains
Two frames, one transect and a provisional name — what the current record of the shadow bush dog does and does not show.
Elena Ferreira
Wildlife
Species and monitoring
Long-running monitoring work on the species that share the Kanuku Mountains and the wider Guiana Shield, from giant otters on the upper Essequibo to tapirs moving between forest and savannah.
Wildlife/29 October 2026
Long-term monitoring of giant otters on the upper Essequibo
Nine years of sightings along 62 km of river, and what they say about group size and territory.
D. Ramkarran
Wildlife/23 October 2026
Jaguar corridor camera-trap project – year three update
Sixteen individuals identified across the corridor, including three cubs photographed for the first time.
Joel Simmons
Wildlife/18 October 2026
Harpy eagle nesting success in protected forest fragments
Four active nests were monitored through the season; two fledged young.
Elena Ferreira
Wildlife/15 October 2026
Bush dog (Speothos venaticus) density estimates in the Kanuku Mountains
The first density estimate for the protected area, built from 4,100 camera-trap nights.
Priya Nauth
Wildlife/11 October 2026
Golden rocket frog population survey in southern Guyana
Bromeliad counts at twelve sites, and a worrying absence at two of them.
Priya Nauth
Wildlife/7 October 2026
Lowland tapir movement patterns using GPS collars
Three collared animals have revealed nightly movements of up to 9 km between forest and wet savannah.
D. Ramkarran