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Written by Harrison Buck (Westminster College) Common Name: Southern giraffe Latin Name: Giraffa camelopardalis Setswana Name: Thutlwa (too-twa) Giraffa camelopardalis, commonly known as the southern giraffe, is the tallest of all land mammals, with adult males able to…
By Tilly Ingall, University of Vermont Written February 24, 2017 Our second stint out in the bush has seen our full immersion into field research. While Hank and Ben continue their project, interviewing people within the Herero community, the…
Written by Stacie Wright (University of Vermont) We’ve spent the last week in the bush in Sankuyo. Here we did some bird monitoring and practice herbivore drives. In the mornings we woke up around sunrise and left to do…
Written by Henry (Hank) Dodge, (Colby College) Hello world! The students of the 2017 spring semester arrived in Maun on February 2nd after over 20 exhausting hours of travel. As we were greeted by our enthusiastic (and awesome!) instructors…
By Kiley Haberman (University of Vermont) Scorpions are among the earliest forms of land animal, and their basic body plan has remained relatively unchanged for hundreds of millions of years. The earliest known fossil scorpions date back 425 to…