Feb 28, 2021
Probiotic-ing in Madagascar
In January -March 2020 our team has been working on completing the next phase of our probiotics in Madagascar ~ Probiotic colonization...
Feb 15, 2014
Is it really the end?
I can’t believe it is getting to the end of my time here in Madagascar. 7 weeks seemed so long on the first day but it went by with a...
Feb 5, 2014
Into the rice patties we go...
It was great to be back with the frogs after our taxi brousse adventure. Our next adventure took us to the forest around Fierenana, just...
Jan 31, 2014
The adventures of an overnight taxi brousse ride
Our last few days in Ranomafana went very well. We travelled to the Vohiparara circuit with another frog group doing taxonomy work. The...
Jan 18, 2014
Vatoharanana - The land of the leeches ( and some awesome frogs :) )
When a boa 2 meters long falls from a tree at your feet, the night resounds with the chirps, trills, and clicks of over 100 frogs...
Jan 10, 2014
January 10th, 2014 --In search of Mantella cowani
It was great to finally make it into the countryside of Madagascar. We, including Karina, Richard, Serge, our student from University of...
Jan 8, 2014
Travels to Isalo
Molly is proceeding to the Isalo area today to sample potential probiotics from Mantella expectata, Scaphiophyrne gottlebei, as well as...
Jan 2, 2014
JANUARY 1, 2014 -- THE NEW YEAR BEGINS SAFE AND SOUND IN MADAGASCAR
I arrived safe and sound in Madagascar after the long 30 plus hours of travel. Some fellow researchers, Karina and Richard Kloniski,...
May 31, 2013
Our frog probiotic project is now a reality!
We received an MBZ Conservation Grant to fund our first trip and pilot study on the anti-Bd skin bacteria of frogs in Madagascar! In...