Written by Joseph Bailey Photo Courtesy of Hannah Thomas We are now well over half way through the season in Madagascar and spatial ecology and mapping techniques have been used across a wide range of research projects at the Operation Wallacea site….

Written by and Photos courtesy of Caitlin Andrews I recently came across a stack of my old elementary school papers, and, on one of them, my seven-year-old self wrote that I wanted to be a primatologist when I grew up. Fourteen years…

Written by and photo courtesy of Steven Greaves There are few things that exist today that can truly bring two completely different communities together, however one thing that tends strike up a rapor is sport and most likely football, so when I…

Written by and photo courtesy of Erin Cubitt The first time I came across Operation Wallacea was during school in 2008 when our biology teacher gave us a presentation about the school expeditions. As I watched the slideshow I felt excitement grow…

Written by and Photos Courtesy of Dan Ward She is a Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) pup, less than 2 years old, who shows quite strange behaviour! Normally these marine mammals prefer inaccessible coast lines and caves as resting areas. Argiro, affectionately…

Written by Peter Long, University of Oxford & Solohery Rasamison, University of Antananarivo Photos Courtesy of Deena Wilmott Since 2010 we have been monitoring forest birds in Mariarano, western Madagascar, by conducting point counts at 150 locations across the forest on multiple…

Written by and Photos courtesy of Alyson Brokaw It`s just after 8 o`clock in the evening and the forest is slowly growing darker. With the help of the students, we just opened the mist nets and are waiting for our first catch…

Written by and Photos Courtesy of Dr Wayne Bennett We are 14. In addition to Theresa and me, twelve nascent physiology minions now occupy The Wet Lab. For the first week the minions were running hot on enthusiasm and euphoria. The problem…

Written by Georgie Scott Photos Courtesy of Ciortan Bogdan and Marcela Man     The first two week expedition has come to a close with over 500 hours of surveys completed. Our first villages were Richis and Nou Sasesc, situated in the…

Written by and photos courtesy of Vicki Landersman     We are from DeMatha Catholic High School, USA.  The boys learned how to conduct different survey methods, the type of information that is needed for each method, how to record the data,…