Chris Kirkby
Adventure to the Remote Native Community of Puerto Nuevo, Las Piedras River (By Zoe Cole)
Day 1: 9th February 2014 It's "Sunday Fun Day" at the Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC). Today was a day off for everyone,...
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Chris Kirkby
May 20, 20139 min read
Peru's Highlands and Jungles, and a bit about Brazil (By Jinnie Yeo)
20 May 2013 I had mixed feelings about going to Peru. I’d wanted to see Machu Picchu since I was 21 so I didn’t know how it could ever...
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Chris Kirkby
Mar 20, 20134 min read
Bloodied by a Cribo! (by Harry Williams, intern)
20 March 2013 My name is Harry and I am a student from Cardiff University (UK) on a research placement with Fauna Forever. Now, I don’t...
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Chris Kirkby
May 19, 20121 min read
Exploring the Rainforest in Silence with Cindy King (by Lucy Dablin, mammal research coordinator)
19 May 2012 PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS VIDEO HAS NO SOUND. With little or no ability to hear, Cindy King from Oregon, USA, a volunteer with...
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Chris Kirkby
Sep 5, 20114 min read
Thoughts on Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Conservation (by Zinan Cheng, volunteer)
5 September 2011 The rainforest thrives on cutthroat competition. The valued human ethos of cooperation, empathy, and harmony have little...
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Chris Kirkby
Apr 5, 20112 min read
Mercury Alley (by Giles Crosse)
5 April 2011 It’s an unfortunate truth there aren’t that many modern goods we can make without using harmful chemicals, that leach into...
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Chris Kirkby
Nov 12, 20103 min read
A Giant Typhlops! (by Brian Crnobrna)
12 November 2010 There are some herpetofauna transect samples that are totally boring because you find next to nothing despite the...
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Chris Kirkby
Sep 14, 20102 min read
My Trip to the Amazon (by Ian Rowbotham, volunteer)
14 September 2010 My trip to the Amazon solidified a life-long passion of mine for conservation and serves as a foundational experience...
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Chris Kirkby
Sep 9, 20106 min read
An Interview with Ashley Anne Colewick (by Laura Wells)
9 September 2010 Ashley Anne Colewick is Fauna Forever's insect research coordinator, and Laura Wells is Fauna Forever's social media...
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Chris Kirkby
Sep 5, 20103 min read
A Behavioural Study of Pristimantis and Phyllomedusa frogs in the Amazon (by William Howell, intern)
5 September 2010 Hi! This is Will from the University of East Anglia (UEA) in the UK. When I decided to make the journey to Peru and...
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Chris Kirkby
Sep 2, 20106 min read
Herp Haunts of the Peruvian Amazon (by Brian Crnobrna, Herp Team Coordinator)
2 September 2010 To answer the most simple of questions regarding Amazon herping, I want to use this blog to outline all the places one...
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Chris Kirkby
Aug 28, 20104 min read
An Interview with Researcher Mary Dinsmore (by Laura Wells, intern)
28 August 2010 Laura Wells (Fauna Forever social media intern) interviewed Mary Dinsmore (from Omaha, Nebraska), a researcher stationed...
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Chris Kirkby
Jul 23, 20105 min read
Lifeworks: Improving the Ecotourism Potential of a Local Community (by James Mailer, volunteer)
23 July 2010 Fauna Forever and Lifeworks, an organisation which provides opportunities for teenagers from around the world to volunteer...
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