Botswana

by Mary Chasen, of University of Vermont Within a month and a half of our time here in Botswana, us students have been fortunate enough to take in experiences that truly come once in a lifetime. Being from New York,…

by Eleanor Silver, of University of Vermont This past week, we were in Phuduhudu conducting wildlife transects. We did different transects to record either herbivores or birds. I participated in one bird transect where I got to see a paradise…

by Griffin Weller, of University of Vermont Dumela! Hello! And welcome to the Africa I have begun to know and loved from the moment we met. Over the last month there have been spectacular sights, exhilarating encounters, and formative friends…

by Mariel Ferragamo, of Colby College It’s been one month that we’ve been stationed here in the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park of Botswana. Our research in the park was focused on a wildlife fence put up inside the park that…

by Jacob Ney, of College of Saint Benedict / Saint John’s University 05:30- Your watch goes off and you arise to prepare for a transect, careful not to awake your tentmate as you dress and shine around your headlamp. You…