By: Sam Hoving, Carleton College
Less than a minute later, I heard a loud crinkle and vigorous scampering, as a vervet monkey climbed his way out of reach into a tree, my chips in tow.
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By: Sam Hoving, Carleton College
Less than a minute later, I heard a loud crinkle and vigorous scampering, as a vervet monkey climbed his way out of reach into a tree, my chips in tow.
By: Wyatt Skopov-Normane, University of Vermont
Despite the harsh nature of the environments we traversed – high winds, low moisture, frozen soils, among others – I was captivated by the diverse spread of plants and flowers. There were many plants that I learned to identify, but a few stand out as my favorite encounters.
By: Michael Minnick, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
How do animals like grizzlies and moose disappear so easily into the landscape? It felt as though most of the animals were moving through the landscape like ghosts, leaving only hints of their existence for us to see. I think it was this thought that made me realize something: this land and its ecosystems have been here for so much longer than I could truly comprehend.
By: Lauren Schagel, Lake Superior State University.
I loosely held the base of their tail, supported them with my other hand under their belly, and got to tell them they will be alright. I got to see each salmon swim out to Kuthai Lake, continuing their long journey back home.
By: Karyssa Hiller, University of Vermont
Avoiding bears is truly an art. We constantly talked, whistled, or sang to avoid surprising a bear and startling it.
By: Ruby Borden, Carleton College
At the end of the day, we each took a piece of the glacier home with us, some of us as dust in our boots and others as pounds of rocks we carried in our packs…
By: Sophie Scothern, Montana State University & Tristan Jeo, University of Oregon
In Mongolia, you learn quickly that not every Furgon ride goes according to plan…
By: Fabian Espinoza & Greyson Fesko, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry
Fabian and Greyson walk you through what their days on the Mongolia Summer 2025 program have been like!
By: Tim Hayden, University of Vermont
Join Tim for a look into surveying for viscacha (a type of small rodent).
Then I tilted my head down to see more clearly and saw that a Western Barn Owl was sitting in the car by my feet.
Kiera Burke – Colby College gives a run down of Round River’s mid-semester week-long homestay in Patagonia
That’s me milking one of Leo’s cows. This was the first time I ever milked a cow! I was only able to get a cup of milk in the same amount of time it took Leo to fill a whole bowl.
As we headed out for the first day of transects in Kaziikini, everyone had one thing on their minds: lions!
I do not know how I got to the point in my life where I watch a woodpecker family for 14 hours, but I had so much fun doing it.
The group traveled down the street for a banging cultural event filled with Bayei games, songs, and dances.
The overall goals of this trip were to learn about the integral practices of “Leave No Trace” in the backcountry, the geomorphological features of San Lorenzo, and the natural environment of alpine zones in Chile.
By Helena Karcher, Weber State As I stepped onto the tarmac at Maun International Airport, ears still popping from the quick descent from the sky, I read the sign on the building: “Welcome to Botswana.” Wow! Who would have ever…