Most folks might guess that wildlife in a sanctuary would be fairly skittish. After all, many are young and growing up after the misfortune of losing their parents to poachers or car collisions. Some who live here were captive-born, and … Continue reading Resplendent Feathers in Peru
Inadvisably walking alone in rural Panama, I stopped in my tracks, heart pounding, at the sight of six or seven tails, standing upright over the vegetation ahead of me. The rest of the animals to which these tails belonged were … Continue reading Raccoon’s Curious Cousin
by Wout Salenbien As part of my PhD research at Duke University, I examine the link between biodiversity and the geosphere through the fossil records. This means I get to travel along the Amazon river during my field season to look … Continue reading Sunrise on the Rio Palotoa
