Written by Adele Brand Photos Courtesy of Ben Porter I am in bear country. Bears, those symbols of non-human places. The embodiment of wilderness. The stars of the roadside billboards in Yellowstone warning tourists to admire wildlife from afar. Our culture has…

Written by and photos courtesy of Hannah Williams     I went to Madagascar for 6 weeks with Opwall to collect data for my undergraduate dissertation project. Using bird distribution and forestry data I am aiming to determine the forestry architecture factors…

Written by and Photo courtesy of Ruth Towers Why study coral reef fisheries in the Wakatobi? The coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific contain more species of marine fish than anywhere else in the world. These fish are a vital source of food…

Written by and Photos Courtesy of Chantelle Wyatt New arrivals were left damp this week after crazy heavy rain hung over the Bau Bau site but that did not stop project goers smiling or enjoying camp life and diving. My open water…

This post was orginally on Facebook on January 24th 2015 Introducing Claudia Guerrero! Claudia Guerrero is a Biology student from la Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras. In 2010 she joined the program as a volunteer in Cusuco National Park in Honduras and…

  Volunteer/Staff Profile! Introducing Nathan Adams! ‘As a student at the University of Malta, I had the great fortune of hearing about Operation Wallacea in my second year of studies in 2011. I first enrolled with Opwall as a voluntary research assistant…

This post was originally posted on May 9th 2015 on our Facebook page Introducing Charlotte Palmer!     “I distinctly remember the first time I heard about Opwall, walking through the biology department at Birmingham University, where I completed my undergraduate degree,…

Written By Thien-Kym Nguyen-Phuoc Photos courtesy of Laura Mack & Kathy Slater There are seven extant species of sea turtle in the world. The seven species are divided into two families. The leatherback sea turtle is the only species alive that is in…

Written by Daniel L Kelly Department of Botany Trinity College, The University of Dublin Photos Courtesy of Sunniva Hanley, Colin Kelleher & Kate-Marie O’Connor   We made it! There and back again! There were sixteen of us, many of whom had never…

Written by and Photos Courtesy of Danni Gilroy Hi everyone! My name is Dr Danni Gilroy and I am the new Senior Scientist for Cusuco National Park, the Honduras site for Operation Wallacea’s terrestrial expedition. I recently went out to Cusuco for…

This post was originally posted on February 21st 2015 on our Facebook page Introducing Emma MacWalter (nee Kennedy)! “My first experience with Opwall was twelve years ago, but it still seems like yesterday! It was a snowy November in 2002 in Scotland…

Written by and Photo Courtesy of Jon Phillips During my time in Thanda, the beauty of the wildlife never ceased to amaze me. It was during a game drive that I was truly fortunate to witness this emotional elephant encounter. Elephants are…