Species account by Olivia Sena, of University of Vermont. All photos credited to Sky Island Alliance. The common porcupine is a peculiar yet endearing rodent species of the Sky Islands region. Commonly known to inhabit deciduous, coniferous, and mixed forests…
By Perrin Milliken, of Bowdoin College RRCS Spring 2021 Sky Island Borderlands program Our semester so far has been characterized by many short trips away from Ruby. We’ve been to the east, towards the border city of Nogales where we…
By Bethany Holland, of Ithaca College. We continued our boarder wildlife vegetation surveys and camera checks in the Patagonia Mountains, and sometimes we’d find fun surprises inside and outside the cameras. Within the bear box of one camera, two giant…
by Wren Garrison, of University of Vermont Sky Island Borderlands Student Program Spring 2021 – WEEK 1 From the first moment I stepped foot in the abandoned old mining town of Ruby, my home for the next three months, I…
By Lucca Sterrer of University of Vermont Walking through the rich forests of Southern Patagonia, it is not uncommon to be approached by one or a few of these brightly colored, curious little birds. Thorn-tailed Rayaditos (Aphrastura spinicauda) are…