by Stacy Polykova, of University of Maryland As I write this final blog post, the Austral Fall approaches and soon we will escape the cold of incoming winter and head back to the spring of the Northern Hemisphere. Our time…
by Louise Haupert, of College of Saint Benedict / Saint John’s University After seven weeks in Botswana, I’m torn between feeling like I just arrived and feeling like this place is my home. I’ve studied more species of flowers, grasses,…
by Micaela Roy, of Middlebury College I jolted awake after a drop of water fell directly into my ear. It had gotten cool, and the humidity that hung in the air had condensed into fat drops on the inside of…
Bernardo O’Higgins National Park (BNP) is the largest in Chile, protecting the vast Southern Patagonian Icefield and the expansive fjords and temperate rainforest ecosystems to its west. The park protects the some of the last great refugia of the Huemul,…
by Alison Betelak, of University of Vermont When I arrived in Botswana one of the first things I noticed was the constant background noise. From the hum and chatter of insects and birds to the late-night calls of lions and…