Last week, as I was walking up to the kitchen in the morning thinking about what to make for breakfast, Mphoeng came up to me and told me that there was a hurt bat that someone had found. I quickly asked him to show me where it was. We walked over to a metal . . . → Read More: Sparky

Here in Botswana we are lucky because we have the largest population of elephants in the world. The elephants here are not fenced and free to roam in and out of our study area. One of the main things we look at here in the Okavango Delta is the number of elephants present here . . . → Read More: Research

This morning as I was sitting in the office doing some work, Chris one of the managers came running in and told us to come and see. Quickly Mphoeng and I jumped out of our seat and ran outside. We ran behind Chris as he explained that there were hyenas around going crazy. Just . . . → Read More: Hyena Showdown

Yesterday, Kate and I decided to go out on a research drive to look for elephants. Since I am not yet use to all of the roads as there seems to be a network of them, we picked route 5 to drive. Halfway to the start of the route as we were crossing this . . . → Read More: Stuck

This morning when I woke up , I could not believe how freezing it was. I understand that it is winter time now here in Africa, but I wasn’t really prepared for this type of weather! last night I went to bed with 5 sweatshirts on, 2 pairs of socks, sweatpants, scarf, gloves, hat . . . → Read More: Winter is here