By Katherine King, of Colby College A classic in the delta, Mopane trees (Colophospermum mopane) were the very first we learned to identify in Botswana and have been by far, the most commonly seen during our time here. When…
By Sara Wall, Carleton College After spending the past two months exploring westwards into the depths of the Patagonian Fjords, the Magellanic rainforests, and Sphagnum bogs, it was time to head eastwards to a land of sunshine. We tucked…
By Lori DeCarlo, University of Vermont For our final field trip this semester we returned to Khwai (NG18), the very first place we did our transects this season. It was amazing to come back to the first concession we started…
By Tiffany Thio, Reed College One of my most vivid memories of this trip is Caroline standing in the hostel on our first day in Coyhaique, saying that she knows we’ll all be standing there again in the blink of…
By Sam Gerdts, Saint John’s University The African elephant, Loxodonta africana, is the biggest herbivore mammal left on this planet we call Earth. Even though male bulls grow to be 5000kg in weight and over 3 meters in height,…