If you have been following this blog through my year-long journey then you have probably seen a pattern emerging– cave diving!  I fell in love with cave diving on my very first dive with Jill Heinerth in Ginnie Springs and have since made it a point to visit Jill in North Florida as often as […]

While I was able to get out in the field a fair amount during my time in Brazil, I also spent a lot of time in the lab learning about molecular and genetic techniques that are hugely important in research (an area that I was lacking).  Most days were spent learning from all of the […]

I thought I knew a little bit about fishing…until I went out in the Amazon!  The Amazon is full of fish and it turns out it isn’t that hard to catch them, as long as you aren’t targeting a specific species…that’s a little bit tougher. During my stay in Brazil I had the opportunity to […]

I have been in the Amazon for a little over two weeks now. Time is flying by!  I am based out of Manaus and am working/studying at the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas do Amazonas (the National Institute of Amazonian Research).  I have had the chance to meet all kinds of awesome researchers ranging from fish […]

I never thought I would do my NAUI ITC in the chilly, murky waters of New England but that’s exactly where I found myself in November! Luckily, the weather was nice and the added bit of environmental stress and difficulty really helped me as I worked towards my NAUI instructor certification. However, what I thought […]