Friday, December 27, 2013

Hippo ribs- it's what's for breakfast.

›
This is Fuzz, a subadult male in Serena North. This hippo died over a month ago and has been rotting in the water in this culvert ever since...
Monday, December 16, 2013

Just how far is Waffles falling?

›
More updates on our favorite alpha (or not?) female from Serena North clan. After a week of rain we are finally back out in the field and it...
4 comments:
Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Waffles has babies!

›
Waffles, the matriarch of North clan, has recently shown us her two new cubs; the greatly anticipated Mrs. Butterworth and Aunt Jemima or Mr...
2 comments:
Sunday, November 10, 2013

Waffles and her cave

›
Waffles, the matriarch of our Serena North Clan, has recently found what seems to be the deepest hole in the territory to make her natal den...
3 comments:
Friday, November 8, 2013

Hyena Pillows

›
Over half the time, when we find a hyena, she's asleep. Now, hyenas don't just sleep anywhere- it turns out hyenas are very particul...
1 comment:
Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Solar Eclipse

›
Two days ago we got see a rare solar eclipse- visible from most of Kenya. The sun here is extremely bright and it was impossible to see anyt...
1 comment:
Friday, November 1, 2013

Pan's ghost

›
Just in time for Halloween, we had a ghost in camp. Benson and I were working in the lab tent when I got a text from Emily,...
1 comment:
Thursday, October 24, 2013

Hyenas LOVE water.

›
(For those of you whose internet is too slow for videos see photos below.) This morning most of our Happy Zebra hyenas were playing i...
3 comments:
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Endless Car Troubles

›
Hello, my name is Emily and I'm a new(ish) research assistant in Serena. I have been out here for almost three months and have yet to p...
2 comments:
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Carcass Party

›
We’ve been getting frustrated at our hyenas lately because they’ve been very difficult to get to. We discovered around 70 o...