Written by Mateo Pomilia, Round River Latin America Director Photos by Susie Dain-Owens, Associate Director of Student Programs Costa Rica is widely regarded as the poster child for democracy in Central America, a nation unburdened by many of the destructive…
Written January 27, 2016 By Nathaniel Rees (Colby College) The last 5 days have been surreal. It seems like yesterday that we arrived in Coyhaique, bleary-eyed and in desperate need of a bathroom (too many in-flight Cokes). Yet tomorrow,…
By Drew Stazesky (University of Vermont) Imagine a dwarf antelope, reddish in color with absurdly large ears and small, delicately spiked horns (on the male only). Individuals don’t stand more than 60cm tall and weigh an average of 13.2kg. And when…
“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…