The Tarsius Project is looking for volunteers!
Would you like to spend interesting time in an exotic country knowing that you help to protect one charismatic species? If yes, we are looking for you.
Would you like to spend interesting time in an exotic country knowing that you help to protect one charismatic species? If yes, we are looking for you.
The work on the project keeps going well. We were recently pleased by a visit of a professional wildlife photographer Petr Slavík… Petr spent a week on the site a tried to fully absorb all the impressions. As a wildlife photographer he travels all around the globe to animals and thus the tropical rainforest environment was natural for him. I was...
Dear all, we would like to introduce our new web page of The Tarsius Project. Our project focuses on research and conservation of the endangered primate the Philippine tarsier (Tarsius syrichta). If you are interested in this topic and you would like to know more about us and our project, you will find it all...
We are in the very last phase of preparations for the next expedition do the Philippines! We plan a short trip to visit Bohol Island to visit our tarsiers at the centre that the Tarsius Project helped to establish and present our results to local conservation authorities. But we plan to spend the biggest part of our...
Rozhovor s Miladou Řehákovou, v angličtině, na Mongabay.com. In this interview, Milada Rehakova shares how she and her husband rediscovered the bushy-tailed cloud rat, previously thought extinct, on Dinagat Island in 2012. Rehakova is currently working with local allies to establish the first protected areas on Dinagat Island to protect the cloud rat and tarsiers among other species....
This time we do not bring you info about tarsiers but another interesting Philippine animals. The Dinagat bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys australis) is endemic to Dinagat Island, a small island in the East of the Philippines. It was seen first time in 1975 and thenafter wasn´t found until our expedition in 2012. Please read about this rediscovery...
Between 25th and 28th March, the 7th Bohol Red Cross Youth Summer Camp 2015 with the theme „Save the Nature, Save the Future” was held In Bohol Island State University in Bilar. It aimed to increase environmental awareness among young Boholanos. The Tarsius Project also participated in this event, as our Field Assistant, Filip, was...
We are happy to inform you that Zoo Usti nad Labem (Czech Republic) became a partner of the Tarsius project. Therefore you can find our tarsier products in souvenir shop at the zoo. Moreover, we plan activities for visitors where they can learn about Philippines and our tarsier conservation work. We thank for this support and...
Spending night in the forest – for tarsier researchers an everyday activity, for most of locals a night mare, for tourist on the other hand it might be a challenge and a new experience. The idea of organizing a night safari tours where tourists can spot tarsiers and other unique wildlife was carried out by Cristy Burlace, founder of...