It’s 10:30pm, my fellow bat scientist is curled up in a rice sack trying to stay warm, the guide is huddled at the base of a tree keeping a look out. I check the time, gather up my gloves, head torch and…

It was amazing to gain first-hand fieldwork experience with Operation Wallacea at the terrestrial site in Krka National Park and the marine site on Silba Island! Conducting biodiversity surveys in Croatia was a great introduction to conservation and ecological field techniques and also…

During the July school holidays 20 students travelled to a very remote part of Indonesia to participate in Operation Wallacea for 2 weeks. Operation Wallacea is an environmental research and conservation expedition organisation, who design and implement biodiversity and conservation projects around…

As an 18 year old girl who was currently in the depths of A-Levels, being told that I had the opportunity to go on a school trip to SOUTH AFRICA was amazing in itself. This was even before I had become familiar…

In preparation for this trip, I was told time and time again that this would be a “once in a lifetime experience”. I do not think I fully understood the meaning of those words before I set off to camp in the…

Madagascar was a life-changing experience filled with learning about biology, conservation, and bonding—not just with each other, but also with scientists and local Malagasies. The two-week expedition was divided between two sites: the forest and the marine site. The forest site was…

This summer I had the incredible opportunity to visit Madagascar as a Research Assistant with Operation Wallacaea. As a recent biology graduate with an interest in all things ecology, I wanted to get a feel for as many types of fieldwork as…

Exploring at Knepp in the Depths of Night On my first night at Knepp, the tiredness surprisingly hadn’t quite hit me just yet, so whilst everyone was busy winding down in their tents at 9pm after a busy day of travelling, I…

Never in my life did I think I’d be spending a week camping in the Mexican Calakmul jungle, let alone fleeing the extremities of the heat and mosquitos. Yet against all odds, I found myself here, having the time of my life…

I was scared and excited about what to expect on this trip. The first day was the most exhausting one. So many new things that I saw, heard, smelled, and touched. Everything was really overwhelming, but my classmates and teachers helped me…