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Robert Drewes chronicles 13 years of biodiversity work and educational outreach in the Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe.
May 18, 2011
Robert Drewes
We have been back from GG V for a week or so now, and Velma and I are still trying to sift through the happy kaleidoscope of our experiences. Our photographer Andrew Stanbridge went on to further...
April 22, 2011
Robert Drewes
This is our seventh day, and we have been to all the schools, ministries, health centers and public places we can find, giving our biodiversity posters to head masters, principals, ministers. etc..
February 18, 2011
Robert Drewes
First, some great news on the academic front. One of the graduate student participants on GGI back in 2001 just completed his PhD at the University of California, Berkeley. Meet Dr.
January 27, 2011
Robert Drewes
I have been informed by a colleague that my last blog was a tad on the “heavy” side; I cannot apologize for this as sometimes science is difficult to describe in an informal blog, but this blog will...
December 7, 2010
Robert Drewes
A wormsnake from Kenya (Leptotyphlops drewesi). Phot. D. Lin, CAS
October 25, 2010
Robert Drewes
This month I had hoped to describe part of our island educational project but things have been too busy here at the Academy; our Fall calendars are always full as it is the beginning of the academic...
September 18, 2010
Robert Drewes
Strange how things work sometimes! Hard on last month’s confirmation that the São Tomé shrew, Crocidura thomensis is, indeed, a full endemic species, comes exciting news from my friend and...