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 Emma Camp Plastic pollution accounts for 60-80 % of marine litter worldwide that totals approximately 14 billion pounds each year.  Due to ocean gyres, trash will accumulate in massive islands with an example of the Great…

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,…

Written by Johnny Wilson, St Stephen’s Episcopal School Photos Courtesy of Alex Tozer My group of 9 students and one teacher just departed for Georgetown to return to the US after spending two weeks in the rainforest at OpWall’s Guyana site. What…

Written by and photo courtesy of Dean Jones The song of Crested lark, Eastern Olivaceous and Cetti’s Warbler are filling the air… YES we have made it to Greece and what an excellent two and a half weeks birding we have had!…

Written by Alex King-Ellison and Lisa Glutting Photo Courtesy of Ruby Chow Whether our experiences in Thanda came second-hand from the camera screens of our friends or straight through our own incredulous eyes it allowed us a glimpse into a world we’d…

Written by and Photos Courtesy of Bernice Hyett After a stressful and sweaty week of Reef Survey Techniques, I was itching to get into the wet lab and meet my new cephalopod friends who I’d be spending so much time with over…