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Living with Leopards

Nepal Summer 2023

Intern Blog

June 17, 2023

While our time in Nepal is sprinkled with plenty of extracurriculars, the real reason for our travels is to finish lab work for the Living with Leopards Project The Living with...

June 17, 2023

Lucy Cheeley I had the opportunity to interview Lalu Babu Mahatara, resident wildlife technician at the NTNC BCC Lalu is 30 years old and started working here in 2018 I met Lalu...

June 10, 2023

Lucy Cheeley One day, I spent the afternoon in the lab learning about DNA extraction from Dr Amir, a resident vet at the wildlife hospital The tutorial took almost three hours...

June 10, 2023

Lucy Cheeley Here at the NTNC BCC, we live in a little hut complex on stilts to accommodate for flooding during the monsoon season The huts are made of wooden planks and are...

June 6, 2023

"The early bird gets the worm" as they say We woke up at 6 am to have breakfast before embarking on our thrilling jungle safari at Chitwan National Park, accompanied by the...

May 29, 2023

Like plastic pink flamingos, the charismatic elephant is an iconic species in the western world Coming to Nepal, they were one of the few emblems that felt familiar to me, and I...

May 28, 2023

Nigel Williams The day began with the all-too-familiar feeling of jet lag sleep, but we woke up refreshed and ready for the adventures that lay ahead Our morning started with a...

May 27, 2023

Laura Bernert On the last day of the final exam period, May 20, 2023, I left for JFK on an Ourbus from the Starbucks in the Ithaca commons Nearly 36 hours later, I found myself...

May 25, 2023

Lucy Cheeley The phrase “Dal Bhat Power: 24 Hours” was abundant on tee shirts in the streets of Kathmandu Little shops with beautiful garments, hiking gear, singing bowls,...