Experience is critical to build your career in wildlife, ecology, or conservation biology. When you’re just starting out though, this can be hard to get. Even unpaid volunteer positions can be treated like jobs where you apply and can get rejected…
14 Tips for a Sustainable Beach Trip
Most people go to the beach to have a good time. Whether it’s a day trip or a long vacation, the beach is a very popular vacation destination…
#44: Nova Conservation with Laura Marsh: Connecting People to Fieldwork
This podcast features an amazing interview with scientist and founder of Nova Conservation: Laura Marsh. Nova Conservation is a brand new organization dedicated to connecting scientists and non-professionals to conservation and research opportunities.
Elephant FAQs: Elephant Welfare
I studied African forest elephants for my Ph.D. and have given many presentations on my research and their behavior. Here, I’ve aggregated questions regarding elephant welfare with my answers to them.
Does Myrtle Beach Safari Really Promote Conservation?
The popularity of Netflix’s Tiger King brought important issues about big cats in captivity to the public stage. The biggest claim, perhaps, was that zoos are necessary to conserve big cats in the wild.
Field Site Visit to Lopé National Park, Gabon
In 2007, I took a trip to the Republic of Congo and Gabon to check out three national parks as a possible field site for my African forest elephant research…
