At KAFS with Zeppelin, the new Aye-aye found the night before the IPC Meeting visit We’re so excited to have some pictures to share of Dr. Edward Louis’ trip so far…Once again, We would like to thank Conservation Fusion for all their hard work preparing KAFS and involving the local community for all the delighted visitors. More pictures to come… from the field!!!
“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
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
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
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
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!