Our journey to Lamington National Park began in the early hours of a calm Tuesday. We arrived, the sun was shining, and we hustled through setting up camp. Satisfied with our work, we set off for lecture, where we learned about rainforest ecosystems and had a preview of what our field studies would be for […]
Witnessing an Ancient Lineage of Cave Spiders
February 8, 2018 In Tasmania a main focus of our study was examining deep-time historical events and how they effect the biogeography of the land today. Throughout our time traveling from beaches on Maria island to forests in Maydena we had the privilege to physically look at how the historical events lead to the species […]
February 3rd-Life on Maria Island
Cora Layman. February 3rd, 2018 Today, we worked with a professional marine biologist to do a reef survey of the fish in an area of Maria Island. We got to gear up into wetsuits because, while beautiful, the water was fairly chilly. The group was divided up and each pair got to snorkel for a […]
A Hike to the Top of the Island
Finally, it was time. The day we first went into the water. After spending an intense few days studying the different kinds of fish for Scott Ling’s fish quiz and being relieved when we found out it was a much more casual (and non graded) affair, we finally had the chance to get in the […]
2.7.18 – Exploration of Tasmanian Ecosystems
Today we got to sleep in a bit without the anticipation of a long hike ahead of us. Right at 9 am we were all ready to go back into the bush! Literally. This time though, we had a task: identify and describe in detail two different plants we encountered today from two different families […]