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Final Blog of Botswana 2017 Dry Season

By Sam Gerdts, Saint John’s University On September 17th I walked into the Minneapolis airport to start an adventure, not fully knowing what to expect. And now I leave knowing that this trip has been an experience of a lifetime…

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Mopane Madness

By Katherine King, of Colby College   A classic in the delta, Mopane trees (Colophospermum mopane) were the very first we learned to identify in Botswana and have been by far, the most commonly seen during our time here. When…

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Final days of research

By Lori DeCarlo, University of Vermont   For our final field trip this semester we returned to Khwai (NG18), the very first place we did our transects this season. It was amazing to come back to the first concession we started…

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The Mega in Megafauna

By Sam Gerdts, Saint John’s University   The African elephant, Loxodonta africana, is the biggest herbivore mammal left on this planet we call Earth. Even though male bulls grow to be 5000kg in weight and over 3 meters in height,…