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Thailand: Seven simians, some civets, zero serows

My wife Anja and I traveled through central Thailand between February 15th and March 5th, 2026, to discover the local fauna, which is dauntingly diverse. Thailand is easy…

Sun bear vs. „urinal men“ – or: Is it safe to camp in Thailand’s Kaeng Krachan jungle?

I have camped all my life in wilderness areas. I have had bears, leopards, spotted hyenas visiting my camps. But what I heard and saw in three days and one night in Kaeng…

How is the Anatolian Chamois doing?

In November 2025, I traveled again to Türkiye, to get more firsthand impressions of the region. There are no longer any problems with poaching and hunting in Kastamonu (Western…

Meeting mammals in Morocco

Between March 1 and 15, 2025, my wife Anja and I travelled to Morocco exploring, hiking, and observing wildlife. We saw numerous nature reserves, wild places, and some interesting new species.

Italy: A mammal watching jackpot and an invasive species record

Italy, that is the Colosseum, the Florence Cathedral, the Tower of Pisa. Due to its cultural wealth, Italy has the highest density of museums in the world. And…

Genets, cats, bears & hares

This is a report about my road trip to Northern Spain, the first with my wife without our daughter since she was born. It could have become a honeymoon revival journey, but…

How to find a Mediterranean Monk Seal in Greece – this time for real

After searching for a Mediterranean Monk Seal in vain in the Northern Sporades in 2023, I found it in Kefalonia in June this year.

Back in the living desert

From January 22nd to 29th 2024, as a journalist, I accompanied a trip to the Dubai Desert organised by Biosphere Expeditions. Participants engage as citizen scientists for mammals, birds and…

Georgia’s big mammal goodies

I visited Georgia between 28. 10. and 11. 11. 2023. The main purpose of this trip was to find and photograph Caucasian Chamois. For me it is the last of the ten chamois subspecies, that I wanted…

With poachers and other friendly folks through Turkey

During the last week of October and the first week of November 2022 I did a 3000 km road trip through Anatolia. My main goal was to find Anatolian Mouflon,…