Our Classroom Was A Jungle, Literally
The first week in the biological station was over and i was still amazed about the stunning sunrise every morning, waking up with dozens of birds singing, knowing i was very far away from home. With this field course I was able to experience moments that...
Strangler figs: Silent assassins, diversity engines, rainforest timekeepers
(Borrowing from a J&B whisky commercial from the 1990s…) Tradition says: “A tree must begin its life from the forest floor”. Tradition says: “A tree shall form a relatively cylindrical trunk”. Tradition...
7 Things You Might Not Know About India
By Ben Lybarger While many people imagine India to be an exotic yogic wonderland where existential fulfillment flows from a sonorous sea of heavenly sitars, others have a much darker and equally unrealistic view. Many of the headlines that infiltrate...
In the Dead of Night: A Monkey Menace?
By Ben Lybarger Lurking in the shadows, plucking moths from the air and scarfing them down with no remorse, this stealthy simian owns the night. No other nocturnal primate inhabits the Americas, apparently all of them lacking the bravery needed to cavort...