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…
First Baird’s tapir from Honduras caught on film
During a Binco Express Inventory last June in the Pico Bonito National Park in Honduras one of our cameras caught a Baird’s tapir (Tapirus bairdii) on film. Although being photographed several times with a camera trap, this is the first time that…
Caught on film: Wild boar in Sint-Agatha-Rode
Trail cameras recorded some wild boars in Sint-Agatha-Rode. More info in Dutch. https://youtu.be/oJQ8r1IfV-s
BINCO article adds several species to the Honduran hawkmoth species list
About a year ago we visited the collection of the University Museum of Natural History in Oxford. Among others a collection of pinned hawkmoths (picture above) from Honduras were examined. This resulted in an article in which we added several…
Pico Bonito, a succesful expedition
Pico Bonito National Park is located on the North Coast of Honduras near the Caribbean coastal town of La Ceiba. Pico Bonito is the second largest national park in the country, covering an area of 1073 square kilometres. Its vast size subsequently…