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…

By Kiley Haberman (University of Vermont) We were camping at the Island Safari Lodge in Maun, Botswana for a few days to prepare for our next few campsites in NG 41 in Mababe. We had a free day to catch…

By Gabriel Feinman-Riordan (College of the Atlantic)   As child I was very aware of the things that went ‘bump’ in the night. There was the boogeyman in my bedroom closet, the spooky owl outside my window, and the giant dinosaur…

By Kiley Haberman (University of Vermont)   At the eastern end of the Caprivi Strip, the Chobe River forms a border between Botswana and Namibia. While we were in Kasane in April, we got the chance to take a river boat…

By Siri Vlasic (Westminster College)   The Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) is one of the largest and most striking antelopes in the Okavango Delta. They can live to be up to 7-8 years old and are found in a wide…