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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,…

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Wild Dogs in Northern Botswana

By Kristie Weeks, University of Montana   When I was 4 years old, my parents told my two older brothers and me that if we saved our money, we could buy any breed of puppy that we wanted. Even though…

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Sunsets and Thomela

By Katherine King, Colby College   Typical days of the week don’t always apply for Round River students in Botswana. Each day brings another transect and always another adventure. One of our Saturdays, the 19th of November, started out how…

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Setswana Blog

By Caroline W. Foster, Carleton College   As part of our curricula here in Botswana we have been being taught Setswana, one of the two official languages of Botswana – the other one being English. I have particularly enjoyed this…