By Hannah Weiss, University of Vermont Photos by Adam Spencer The sphagnum (Sphagnum magellanicum)-dominated bog (>3km by >3km) we explored existed in a depression in the landscape, likely an old river floodplain of the Vargas River that flows east to west…
By Maggie Johnson, Oberlin College (Team Condor) In the last week of February, the students of Team Condor spent their first 72 hours apart in over 40 days. We split into pairs and set off to live a few days…
Written by Stacie Wright (University of Vermont) For the past two weeks we’ve been in Mababe conducting herbivore monitoring. Every day students would go on driving transects and collect data. We mostly saw elephants, giraffe, zebra and antelope on…
By Esther Daranciang, Westminster College We spent March 13th back at our favorite research station, Piro, packing and preparing for the upcoming week deep in the jungle. During our short time back at Piro we were invited by Manuel, the…
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…