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Expedition Diaries

Croatia – Meet the Locals

Croatia – Meet the Locals

By Susie Stockwell

Written by and photos courtesy of Susie Stockwell – bird team member and author of #itsawildlife blog Another survey season has kicked off at Operation Wallacea’s Croatia project for 2022. The project undertakes surveys across a wide range of taxa: from reptiles…

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Croatia – A Night in the Life of a Bat Scientist

Croatia – A Night in the Life of a Bat Scientist

By Morgan Hughes

Written by and photos courtesy of Morgan Hughes I’m back in the UK as I write this, after my 2nd season as Lead Bat Scientist for OpWall’s research station in Krka National Park, Croatia. While we’re at camp, the days (and nights) are…

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A Day in the Life at Gondwana Research Station

A Day in the Life at Gondwana Research Station

By Abby Bruce

My morning hot shower is followed by coffee and cornflakes to sustain me for the morning’s activity. I stash some fruit for mid-morning snacks in my day bag alongside my camera and binoculars, sunscreen, and woolly hat (the weather is pretty interchangeable…

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Operation Wallacea: Staff Spotlight – Livvy Cropper

Operation Wallacea: Staff Spotlight – Livvy Cropper

By Livvy Cropper

In 2010 I started my A-Levels and knew I wanted to continue learning after that, but wasn’t sure what to study or which career path to pursue. However, not long after starting at sixth form, I heard of something I couldn’t have…

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Croc Adventures at KM25 (Mexico)!

Croc Adventures at KM25 (Mexico)!

By Matthew Wallacea

That afternoon myself and fellow staff Fred and Alberto set off from camp with Joto, the projects Biodiversity Coordinator and Croc team leader, at 3.30pm for a hike where at the end, was a remote aguada where we hoped to find crocs!…

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A Week at the Knepp Estate

A Week at the Knepp Estate

By Florence Turner

At the beginning of July 2021, I went on a week-long fieldwork course to Knepp Park Estate with Operation Wallacea. Along with a group of other young people my age, I joined in with many wildlife surveys.     On invertebrate surveys…

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Marvellous Manatees

Marvellous Manatees

By Christina Hunt

Whenever we visited the site of La Ensenada in Tela bay, Honduras we always told the students about the legendary manatee that was once spotted there. There was no photo evidence, so none of us believed it. But last summer, all of that changed. …

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What’s in a name? Species identification and conservation efforts

What’s in a name? Species identification and conservation efforts

By Darren O'Connell & Tom Martin

In a recent letter in the journal Science we examined the potential conflicts between the time it can take to obtain the type specimens necessary to describe new species, and the need to provide effective conservation actions for undescribed species at immediate…

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Our week in Labundo!

Our week in Labundo!

By Katie Robertson

Written by Katie Robertson Photos courtesy of Josh Phangurha & Emily Anderson On Friday the 12th of July our group embarked on one of the most exciting and thrilling adventures, but also one of the most challenging and terrifying experiences some of…

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Calakmul goes digital! A field-report on our new data entry system in our forest site, Mexico

Calakmul goes digital! A field-report on our new data entry system in our forest site, Mexico

By Jose Nobrega

Words and photos courtesy of Jose Nobrega Data… one of the most valuable things we get after each season. Data entry… whilst being one of the most important activities to be done on-site, it is also one of the biggest sources of…

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