Publications
Short note: Crested rat in Ethiopia
During our expedition in Southwest Ethiopia last year (2014), we discovered a crested rat (Lophiomys imhausi) on one of our camera traps which, to our knowledge, is the first capture of this species on a camera trap in the wild. This elusive rodent…
Article with recent findings of the shining guest ant in Flanders
Our finding of a worker of the shining guest ant (August 2014, during the translocation of wood ant nest domes) was not the only one in recent years. According to the Red List of endangered species the shining guest ant status is vulnerable, but…
Belete-Gera, Ethiopia, Biodiversity Express Survey – Report available
The first results of our expedition to Southwest Ethiopia are published in our third Biodiversity Express Survey. The Gera forest is one of the larger remaining fragments of forest left in the country. The biodiversity within the forest, however, is…
Jimma zone travel guide
Another Ethiopia-related project! We created a concise travel guide based on our personal experiences in the lesser-known and therefore less touristic south-west of Ethiopia. Are you planning on travelling through Ethiopia and you are interested in…
The shining guest ant – Third observation in Flanders
The shining guest ant (Formicoxenus nitidulus) is threatened with extinction according to the Flemish red list. Our observation of this species in Zoersel is the third in Flanders. These small ants (2-3 mm) are only found in and around nests of…
Article in Natuurpunt Focus – Rediscovery of large branchiopids
Two members of BINCO discovered several populations of previously deemed locally extinct species of large branchiopids. Read the article here (Dutch only).
Pico Bonito 2012 – Report available
The findings of the Pico Bonito Expedition of last year (june 2012) were recorded in the new BINCO report. The registration of new species of birds, amphibians and reptiles along with several new invertebrate species for the park, including some new…
A shiny BINCO paper
In this article, published by us in the open access journal “Journal of Insect Science”, we describe the beetles of the genus Chrysina that are present in the Cusuco National Parc (Honduras) along with the relationship between the number of found…