Written by Beth Kavanagh Photos Courtesy of Nicholai Xuereb “How was your trip?” The dreaded question; it was everything I expected, but at the same time, I didn’t truly anticipate anything. I didn’t know what it was that I was in for,…

Written by Zev Powell Photos Courtesy of Lyndsay Walsh, Henry Ball & Olivia Farman Right now I’m lying on a tarp staring up at a wispy canopy in the Calakmul forest. The Campeche region of Mexico is where our transient GPS have…

Written by Luke Meade, Photos courtesy of Alejandro Usobiaga & Ben Sadd Indonesia is a country of staggering cultural diversity but, due to the nature of the Hoga site, isolation means we may not get the insight into the culture of the…

Written by and Photos Courtesy of Rik Barker Real adventure is something we don’t get a lot of in modern society, at least not in Manchester, England. I grew up playing video games and watching Indiana Jones, the idea of a real…

Written by Brian O’Shea Photos Courtesy of Scott Sveiven The Opwall Guyana bird team had a very successful season, logging more than 2000 net-hours and capturing 307 birds of 59 species.  Our ringing protocol, initiated in 2014, is starting to pay off…

Written by and Photos Courtesy of Catherine Yates – to find Catherines own blog visit: catswonderings Catherine spent 6 weeks with Opwall doing her dissertation on primates and has very kindly given us blog posts that we will publish as part of…

Written by and Photos Courtesy of Catherine Yates – to find Catherines own blog visit: catswonderings  “The Perils of Primates”                                    As an experienced primatologist you would…

Written by and photos courtesy of Catherine Yates To find Catherine’s own blog, follow the link to catswonderings Catherine spent 6 weeks with Opwall doing her dissertation on primates and has very kindly given us blog posts that we will publish as part…

Written by and photos courtesy of Laura Torrent & Andrea Morales Our first experience with the Mexican tropical forest and the amazing bat species has been incredible. A normal day for us started at late morning with a nice breakfast with tropical…

Written by  Sam Hyde Roberts Photos Courtesy of Sam Hyde Roberts and Dave Andrews Looking back on my first Opwall expedition (Madagascar) and having had some time for reflection, now seems an appropriate time for a summary of my experience both from…

Written by Andrew Power Photos Courtesy of Andrew Power, Johnny Wilson & Ben Porter     As the butterfly survey leader here in Transylvania I spend about 6 or 7 hours, every day, in the sun. This is obviously the best time…

Written by Adele Brand Photos Courtesy of Ben Porter I am in bear country. Bears, those symbols of non-human places. The embodiment of wilderness. The stars of the roadside billboards in Yellowstone warning tourists to admire wildlife from afar. Our culture has…