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Tales from the Field – Dr. Edward Louis Jr.

by MBPartnership on August 13, 2013 with No Comments

“I just returned to the office in Antananarivo from the ‘field’ and the International Prosimian Congress (IPC), so I have been away from the internet. I attended the launch on July 31st in Antananarivo of the IUCN Lemur Strategic Plan, the first one since 1993, as a contributing editor. Kianjavato, indeed, is one of the 30 lemur priority sites. At the IPC meeting, four of our Malagasy students presented. Further, I was one of … Read More

OHDZA Members Day 2013

by MBPartnership on August 1, 2013 with No Comments

Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium- Members Day 2013 July 31st was the first run for this year’s Members Day! The Genetics department had a great time introducing two games… The “Aye-aye Grub Hunter” and the “Aye-aye Grub” toss were a hit. “Grub Hunter” was a game were the kids had to pretend they were nocturnal Aye-ayes and search around for grubs in a tree trunk without looking. They had to use a long finger … Read More

Reforestation Notes from the Forest -Varecia and Natsiona

by MBPartnership on July 17, 2013 with No Comments

Blog by MBP Volunteer- Nina Hamilton As part of the reforestation team, Andre, one of our nursery assistants, and I joined the Varecia team in the forest last week to collect seeds to germinate in our reforestation nurseries. A key part of the reforestation program, we collect seeds from Varecia poop (yes, poop) for our nurseries. Varecia are an ideal lemur species for this since they tend to eat the fruits whole (even larger … Read More

Tales from the Field- Visiting Graduate Student, Peggy

by MBPartnership on July 17, 2013 with No Comments

Peggy is a visiting graduate student in Zoology from University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was able to take the opportunity to send us a little photo update from the field. Here is a picture of a Madagascar harrier-hawk, which she has seen twice now. This photo was taken while observing the lemurs and they reacted very strongly to its presence. Immediately upon the hawk’s arrival in a nearby tree, the group began alarm-calling and all individuals retreated to within a few feet … Read More

Playful Fossa Family

by MBPartnership on June 19, 2013 with No Comments

If you are coming to visit the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, I highly recommend visiting the Madagascar Exhibit in the morning. We recently went down there to see the baby fossas and their mother. They were so playful and energetic. We were able to catch some of their climbing and acrobatic moves on video. Enjoy!

2013 ZACC Conference

by MBPartnership on June 16, 2013 with No Comments

2013 ZACC Conference We want to thank BLANK PARK ZOO for their incredible hospitality hosting the 2013 ZACC conference. We came back energized to continue our mission to rebuild the flora and fauna of Madagascar, as well as helping the local people. The mission of this conference was do do just that. We were able to meet so many incredible people and organizations with great ideas and passion to fuel our fire! Well done :o) … Read More