“A Pig in the Hand” By Sierra Moen (Middlebury College) Vehi, Forrest, Lauren, Louise, and I had nearly completed a transect near Chobe National Park when we heard a strange, pig-like noise coming from the scrub. I chalked it…
By Amanda Ramsing-Lund (University of Vermont) If you visit Africa or Madagascar, you have a chance of seeing a bird called the Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta), which is the Afrikaans name meaning “hammer head.” Before coming to Africa, I thought the…
By Elaine Gallenberg (Northland College) Photos by Adam Spencer unless otherwise noted. I don’t know much about the origin of language, but I would bet that the creator of the word bittersweet invented it at the end of something…
Written December 4, 2015 By Sierra Moen (Middlebury College) In Maghoto, it was the hippos. Mababe, lions; and Sankuyo, the notorious honey badger. Each of our research sites has had a different variety of animals, and nocturnal visitors are…
Written November 25, 2015 By Peter Whitman (Carthage College) Photos by Adam Spencer After returning from our first fjords trip, our group spent a frantic four days unpacking, doing laundry, writing our final research papers, and repacking for our…