Chloe Chen-kraus is a graduate student from Yale University. She is just starting a research thesis on the “Impacts of human activity on sifakas at Béza Mahafaly.” One of the…
Published August 3, 2016 by wunderre
The next day at Beza, we sent out the young male lemur with an accelerometer (backpack) securely on him. We broke up into two groups and had a period of…
Published August 3, 2016 by wunderre
The first field day at Beza Mahafaly, we went in the morning to capture two young sifaka lemurs. They are so cute!! They are cream colored and brown with black…
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Today we went to Isalo National Park with tour guide Tody. As we trotted along the cliffs, we sighted some interesting man-made stone walls. Tody explained that these were different…
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Tomorrow we’ll be arriving at Bezá Mahafaly Special Reserve. This is a protected area within the National Park system that contains 4600 hectares of spiny forest. Spiny forests are endemic…
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Today as we continued heading south, we made a surprisingly fun stop at Parc Anja. Our tour guide, Jocelyn was very knowledgable about the park and all of the species…
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We traveled to Toliara from Ranohira. This city has the best beachy feel to it as it’s right on the Mozambique Channel. We checked into our hotel and then went…
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Isalo is one of Madagascar’s many national parks. We got the opportunity to have a guided tour here and see some of the most beautiful landscapes: canyons, tropical oasis-looking areas,…
Published August 3, 2016 by wunderre
Today we visited a Mitsinjo, a turly community based protected park focused on ensuring the longevity of the 400 endemic frog species in Madagascar. The park was esablished in 1999…
Published August 3, 2016 by wunderre
On Wednesday, July 27, we were in Tulear and Dr. Richard Lawler gave a lecture on Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve. It’s jointly run by the University of Antananarivo, Madagascar National…