

Costa Rican Wildlife
Costa Rica is home to the most fascinating and charismatic wildlife I’ve ever had the privilege to encounter. One of the most memorable...


Summer in Costa Rica: Las Alturas
There are several ways to encounter and experience nature, but most of the time we just glaze over the surface. I have always been...


Summer in South Africa: Day in the Life
Today I woke up to the sounds of roosters crowing, the smell of a fire being burned for boiling water, and the sunrise peaking out,...


Life in the Jungle
The Tropical Biology on a Changing Planet semester with OTS really appealed to me because of all the amazing places and field sites that...


The Timeless Tree
Have you ever touched something that was well over five hundred years old? Have you ever touched something that was a nine hundred years...


Day-in-the-Life: South Africa Semester
For the OTS African Ecology and Conservation program in South Africa, one of the areas we get to stay at is the Nylsvley Nature Reserve....


Researching Antibiotic Resistance in Cattle
Last April, I attended my first livestock auction. It very well may be my last. But then again, I never thought I would ever find myself...


Back from South Africa
Now well into September, and with fall soon on the way, I am now well into my last year at Grinnell College. Soon I will be filling out...


The Homesick Study Abroad Student
Bridget was a student on the Spring 2016 Tropical Biology on a Changing Planet semester in Costa Rica. This post originally appeared on...


Leaving South Africa
Some moments in life are so profound that they have an impact on us for the rest of our lives. As I reflect on my semester abroad as a...