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Thanks for the Memories
Leaving came so suddenly… we packed up the dorms in one whirlwind afternoon and then before we knew it, we were crammed onto that tiny plane waving goodbye to the lecturers as we left our little island paradise. We learnt, saw and did so much, and living there has inspired us in many different ways…
eo271 January 30th, 2018 Bahamas Bahamas, Biodiversity, conservation, Field Course Fornight, FieldBahamas, green turtle, lemon shark, Marine Biology
Kenya 2018: The adventures begin
4th January 2018 It’s only been a matter of months since we started studying for our various masters degrees, but it feels like Kenya has been a long time coming. We spent 3 months feasting on knowledge, feeding our brains with information on our chosen focus, plus statistics – oh the statistics! We then spent 3…
jk479 January 4th, 2018 Kenya Behavioural Ecology, Biodiversity, Biosience, conservation, Field Course, field course fortnight, kenya, MSc, university of exeter
Real Science in The Real World
Prior to venturing across the Atlantic Ocean the #FieldBahamas team was divided into smaller project groups and given a topic that they would research as part of the field course. With bad weather conditions still imminent the research projects were moved forward as they were less weather dependent than the activities you will read about…
jj329 January 22nd, 2017 Bahamas, Bahamas archive anthropogenic, aquatic, Behavioural Ecology 2016, Biodiversity, conch, conservation, Coral, Destruction, development, ecology, Field Course Fornight, FieldBahamas, invertebrates, jellyfish, marine, ocean, oceanacidification, travel, univeristyofexeter, urchins
Countdown to Costa Rica!
With Christmas now behind us Field Course Fortnight is only just around the corner and therefore current final year bioscience and masters students will be preparing for what is sure to be the trip of a lifetime. In the last days before we jet off to our respective exotic destinations we will be frantically checking…
sf343 December 28th, 2016 Costa Rica, Costa Rica archive Biodiversity, Bioscience, Costa Rica, Field Course Costa Rica, Field Course Fornight, Glass frog, Hummingbirds, Jaguars, Monteverde, Sea turtles, Three-toed sloth, Tropical frogs, university of exeter
Field Bahamas top tips for protecting Coral Reefs
Coral Reefs are one of the oldest and most biologically diverse ecosystems on the planet. Appearing first as solitary organisms more than 400 million years ago, corals are extremely ancient animals that evolved into modern reef-building forms over the last 25 million years. Teeming with life, coral reefs cover less than 1% of the ocean…
lbj203 December 24th, 2016 Bahamas, Bahamas archive anthropogenic, Bahamas, Biodiversity, conservation, Coral, Destruction, field course fortnight, FieldBahamas, marine, Reefs, univeristyofexeter