By Annie Barkan, University of Vermont Dumela from Khwai, Botswana! Last week, we arrived at our first field station at Camp Tau. As we begin our fieldwork, we find it important to share a few words about the scope…
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By Annie Barkan, University of Vermont Dumela from Khwai, Botswana! Last week, we arrived at our first field station at Camp Tau. As we begin our fieldwork, we find it important to share a few words about the scope…
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…
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…
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…
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,…