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Species Profile by Sarah Kechejian Botswana Student Program, Spring 2013 The Hippopotamus amphibius, the common hippo, is a naked amphibious mammal found in southern Africa. Like many animals occupying the Okavango Delta region, the species utilizes two distinct habitats, lake/river…
Feb 24th – March 2 By Jack Massey (University of Vermont) Every day brings a new experience. We have been in Botswana for almost two weeks now and it seems like it has been months. The feelings of excitement…
Feb 18th – Feb 23rd By Phoebe Howe (Middlebury College) We each began our trip to Botswana in different places – Susanna and Sam from DC, Sarah from Boston, Jack from Burlington, and I (Phoebe) from New Hampshire. It’s…
Our five students arrived in Maun on Monday afternoon. We’ve spent the past two days covering orientation materials, meeting researchers and collaborators, and learning about the history and culture of Botswana. Tomorrow morning we head out to our first field…
May 10, 2012 Team Botswana! (from left: Molly, Sara, Sarah, Drew, Lindsey, Vince, Eoghan, Jordan, Ben, Elena, Amanda) We went back to NG-29 (a wilderness area in the Okavango Delta) during the final week of the program to finish final…