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…
Published August 3, 2016 by wunderre
On Tuesday, July 26, we visited the Madagascar National Park in Isalo. We hiked for 7ish hours through dry forest, desert, and canyons. Our tour guide, Tuti, was amazing. He…
Published August 3, 2016 by wunderre
On the morning of the 30th, we walked a birding transect with Effitirea, the bird expert at Beza Mahafaly. The transect was 1000 meters long. There are two methods used,…
Published August 1, 2016 by wunderre
There are several different projects going on in Béza Mahafaly. Dr. Roshna Wunderlich studies the biomechanics and locomotion of Propithecus verreauxi, as well as their energy consumption using accelerants. Dr.…
Published July 24, 2016 by wunderre
On Friday, July 22, we went to Parc Mitsinjo in Andasibe. Our guide was Jeanne Claude, and he took us through the rainforest in the morning. Almost immediately, he found…
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Published July 24, 2016 by wunderre
HELP Madagascar is an NGO and social work organization located in Tamotave and run by a couple – Kim and Colin Radford. They provide several different services not only in…
Published July 24, 2016 by wunderre
On our drive south towards Tana today, we stopped at an organic palm oil plantation. Our tour guide, Joelle, first led us through the actual plantation and explained the various…
Published July 19, 2016 by wunderre
Being in a completely new place, we were hit with a couple first impressions, hard. Right after stepping out of the airport, Malagasy locals were clamoring to help push our…
Published July 19, 2016 by wunderre
Today was agriculture day and we learned mostly about rice culture. Since this class is all about being hands on, we delved into the mud pits of tilled earth (read:…