December 6, 2013 By Anna Nisi (Carleton College) We have had a great adventure the last two weeks! We headed off to Kasane, a town near Chobe National Park in the northeastern part of Botswana, on November 19th. This…
Fire-eyed Diucon (Xolmis pyrope) By Emily Diener (Macalester College) The first bird I ever identified by myself was the fire-eyed diucon. It happened on a nature walk as a group on September 30th, when we each spent about an…
November 30, 2013 By Jessica Mohlman (Northland College) The day began just like any other day in our Namibian paradise, yet it was hard to believe that in a few hours time our friends and family back home would…
November 23, 2013 By Wyatt Mayo (University of Alaska Fairbanks) This week we headed back up north to finish the last of our game counts in our final conservancy, Omatendeka. I am writing this from the Hoanib River after…
By Erin Knight (University of Vermont) The Austral Mountain Vizcacha (Lagidium wolffsohni), relative to the Chinchilla, is best characterized as a chubby, fluffy, rabbit-sized rodent with long think fur, long ears, and large black eyes. The vizcachas of the…