Dung beetle studies

14Dec2012 0 Comments Categories:Conservation Research Internship, Conservation Science, Interviews, Useful Volunteer Information, Wildlife Research & ConservationTags: Amazon, biodiversity, dung beetle, Fauna Forever, insects, internship, Malinowski, Peru, rainforest, research, Tambopata, volunteer

The Fauna Forever intern program receives many applications for students interested in completing a research project with us in the rainforest. One of our applicants this year was Kate. Kate came to Fauna Forever for 2 months and completed a research project on dung beetles in the Tambopata. In this interview she explains what [...]

Mimicry – by Ashley Anne Wick

09Aug2010 1 Comment Categories:Conservation Research Team, Conservation ScienceTags: Amazon, ants, butterflies, insects, Lepidoptera, mimicry, moths, transect

(This blog entry is dedicated to former FFT volunteer Sofia Prado. She never got to hear my mimicry talk because we were all frozen – like butterflies – during the epic friaje that signaled the end to our last phase). I am a Lepidopterist. And, for better or worse, I will remain one for the [...]

Coming Home – by Ashley Anne Wick

09Jul2010 0 Comments Categories:Conservation Research News, Conservation Research Team, Conservation ScienceTags: Amazon, Baltimore, butterflies, insects, rainforest, research, Sachavacayoc, sloth, volunteer, waterfall

Hopefully the title of this entry is not misleading – although my recent visit to my homeland (the US, mainly Iowa and Chicago) was absolutely refreshing, I am back in Amazonia and as happy as ever. These days the act of returning to Explorer’s Inn on the Tambopata feels as much like returning home as [...]