Students stumbled upon a small lion pride of 2 brothers with 2 females! Lions are territorial and typically you will only see one male amongst females, but in this case the brothers could be cordial!Continue reading
Mouse, Gerbil…. and a Frog????
Students set out rodent traps and after one day there were some crazy surprises! 2 bush veld gerbils, 1 fat mouse, and some unexpected bush veld rain frogs! Measurements were taken including weight and bodyContinue reading
ROYG I Can’t Believe It!
Day 1 of the Duke University Biodiversity and Climate Change class in Kruger National Park! Jim Clark, the god of the forest, ditched the textbook and took his students to South Africa to learn inContinue reading
Orchids And Snakes, An Unlikely Combo
Today was a beautiful day. A monsoon brought majorly bad weather this entire week, so today was just another torrential downpour. However, for some inexplicable reason, the clouds parted and the sun shone through. WeContinue reading
Quest Day: Finding Relaxation and Legacies of Colonization
Saturday March 4th, 2023 For one day of our three week itinerary in Singapore, students have the opportunity to venture on a self-directed “quest day.” There’s only one rule for quest day: you must goContinue reading
Over The River and Through the Woods…to Bukit Timah We Go!
Today’s hike was the long anticipated MacRitchie Reservoir to Bukit Timah. For days, the rains have been holding us back from accessing this area—while the MacRitchie area is beautifully paved and curated, the Bukit TimahContinue reading
Irrigation waters
Removal of groundwaters that were recharged during the wetter Pleistocene epoch is a classic example of non-sustainable human behavior.
Truly a Garden City!
What a first day in Singapore! Well… my actual first day was wandering off a fifteen-hour flight into the most BEAUTIFUL airport I have ever been in. I mean… look at that… So that wasContinue reading
Ode to Kaya Toast
Temple crawl day: the day where Tom Schultz, Singapore aficionado and satay enthusiast, takes a day off from corralling a bunch of 20-something year-olds around Singapore and lets the students plan the day. In thisContinue reading
Yuna’s Otterly Amazing Birthday
I started my day a little later than planned, but that didn’t stop me from getting my morning “copi” fix. I picked up a Nescafe coffee from the hotel vending machine and a bread bunContinue reading