This post was originally posted on January 17th 2015 on our Facebook page Introducing Andrew Snyder! “It’s so hard to believe that my Opwall relationship is now approaching 6 years! It seems like just yesterday I was sitting in a conference room…

Written by and photo courtesy of Konstantinos Perikleous Feature Image by Holly English I participated with Operation Wallacea for the first time in 2013 as a dissertation student to collect data about tapirs and their habitat for six weeks. It was a…

Introducing Rachel Daniels! One of the staff members in Peru for the March expeditions 2016, Rachel was the Peru Country manager for 3 years and is now the Madagascar Country Manager. “I couldn’t have asked for a better 5 years working with…

Written by and photos courtesy of Pippa Mansell Feature photo courtesy of Adam Powell For those of you who have been to Indonesia before you may be aware that there is the chance that a meeting, dinner, visit or presentation can just…

Written by Grace Young Feature Photo Courtesy of Dave Smith We know coral reefs are degrading at an alarming rate. They’re becoming less complex and ultimately disappearing due to the effects of climate change, acidification, overfishing, and pollution. Despite covering less than…

Written by Thomas Horsley Photos Courtesy of Thomas Horsley & Andrew Snyder The Iwokrama Forest in central Guyana is a truly beautiful place. Walking through this pristine, previously untouched swath of habitat, you are inundated with an incredible diversity of wildlife. If…

Written by and photos courtesy of Lucy Coals Starting with breakfast at 6:30 is a blessing in disguise when you have to hit the rolling seas around 8. A blurry eyed kit up is followed by an attempt to board the boat…

Written by Tim Coles Feature Photo Courtesy of Alex Tozer In recent years there has been a greater demand for projects in Africa than we could provide.  The classic example of this was the 2016 UK university tour where we ran out of…

Written by Damian Lettoof Photo Courtesy of Dr William Earle Feature Photo Courtesy of Marina West My day started like every other ecologist: asleep in hammock deep in the jungle at Bala camp. Only mine was slightly different as I was recovering…

Written by and Photos Courtesy of Brandon A. Gross Greece is home to 6,000 islands and islets that are scattered throughout both the Aegean and Ionian Seas. Out of those islands, only 227 islands are inhabited by human populations. The island of…

Written by Dominic Andradi-Brown Photos Courtesy of Ally McDowell Feature Image courtesy of Andrew Laverty Fish play many roles on reefs, and can have important effects on corals and algae leading to changes on the reef itself. On Caribbean reefs (such as…

Over the Christmas period Opwall had it’s yearly photo competition and we finally have the winners! Bill Bailey was kind enough to pick our Top 3 photos and another winner was picked by the staff.  Bill had this to say about the…