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27.3. 2013

Tarsier paper and cover photo in Proceedings od the Royal Society

A Philippine tarsier (Tarsius syrichta) chews a katydid under dim mesopic light conditions. A paper by Amanda D. Melin et al., in this issue of Proceedings B (http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.0189), raises the possibility that such conditions favoured the evolution of enlarged eyes and high-acuity trichromatic vision in the last common ancestor of crown tarsiers, a concept that challenges prevailing views...

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27.8. 2012

Tarsier conservation was supported by Ministry of foreign affairs of Czech Republic

Today, Dr. Lubomír Peške is heading to the Philippines to continue with activities of the Tarsius project on the Bohol Island. The Tarsius project focuses on conservation of the endangered Philippine tarsier and works in long term cooperation with the Embassy of Czech Republic in Manila. This year the project activities were also supported by...

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6.8. 2012

Tarsier news

The newest edition of Czech National Geographic contains a reportage of Zdeněk Lokaj about his travel to Borneo and Bohol, tarsier and the Tarsius project. An interview about tarsiers and also rediscovery of the Dinagat Island cloud rat can be found in the latest edition of Czech Cosmopolitan.

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19.7. 2012

How do the tarsiers talk to each other?

Acoustic communication, that is how the tarsiers talk to each other, was one of the main goals of our research of the Philippine tarsiers living on Bohol Island. Tarsiers as nocturnal animals use especially olfactory and acoustic communication. Thanks to the huge eyes their vision is also very good. The Philippine tarsiers are quite solitary,...

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26.6. 2012

Tarsier pictures in Daily Mail

Unique tarsier pictures showing tarsier feeding, movement or mother care where published in Daily Mail. Pictures were made by Petr Slavík during his participation in the Tarsius project on Bohol Island, Philippines. „Who you looking at? Tiny primate uses his big eyes to spot up his dinner from his perch“… Read more

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22.6. 2012

Tarsier pictures in international media

See the amazing pictures of tarsiers made by Czech wildlife photographer Petr Slavík and read about tarsiers in The Sun magazine. „AN UNFORTUNATE grasshopper makes an easy meal for one of the planet’s cutest critters.“ read more…

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30.5. 2012

Celebration of magazine Koktejl

Magazine Koktejl celebrated its 20th birthday on 26th May in Kostelec nad Černými Lesy. Among others wildlife photographer Petr Slavík presented stories about photograohing of wild animals. He joined the Tarsius project in 2009 and made wonderful pictures of philippines tarsiers. We would like to thank Petr Slavik and Koktejl magazin for cooperation and also...

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25.5. 2012

Tarsius project on the ARKive Blog

Please read the story about the Tarsius project, our work and successes recently published on the ARKive website. „Here at ARKive, we love a conservation success story, and we were delighted when ARKive media donor Dr. Milada Řeháková-Petrů got in touch to share with us the latest news on the Tarsius Project – a research and conservation...

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23.4. 2012

A lost species was rediscovered on Dinagat Island, Philippines.

A Dinagat Island cloud rat, belonging to the biggest and most beautiful rodents of the world, endemic to only one tiny island of the world – Dinagat Island, Philippines, was rediscovered. This species was captured only once in the history, 37 years ago. It belongs to critically endangered species, and was even feared to be...

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7.4. 2012

Results of the Tarsius project observations published in Acta Ethologica

It is our pleasure to inform you that our article about two cases of predation of the Philippine tarsiers recorded during our fieldwork on Bohol Island in years 2009 and 2010 has been published in scientific journal Acta Ethologica. The first “victim” was a one month old baby tarsier. This situation was even sadder, because our...

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