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Photo: Piotr Naskrecki Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park, home to the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Laboratory, and several efforts in support of the Half-Earth Project ®, has much to celebrate in the New Year. Gorongosa is a designated Places for Half-Earth Future site, being man

  This video originally appeared CNN series “Inside Africa” The revival of Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique has become one of Africa’s most celebrated conservation stories. But it’s the park’s trailblazing efforts to empower women that may creat

The Graduation Ceremony was held at the Park’s “E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Laboratory” February 28th, 2020 Five women and seven men completed the two-year course, which is the only Master’s in Conservation Biology offered in Mozambique. The Master’s program was developed by a consortium

This article was originally published in The Independent on January 24, 2019. Though decimated by Mozambique’s brutal civil war, the Gorongosa National Park is now an international leader in conservation, biodiversity and ecotourism. Heather Richardson examines its revival. Walking to

Mozambique, Africa – With only around 6,600 Wild Dogs left in Africa, this iconic species is one of the Continent’s most at-risk carnivores, and is listed by the IUCN as ‘Endangered’. Urgent action is needed to save them. A key conservation strategy is to reintroduce Wild Dogs to viab

A version of this article was originally published March 22, 2016 in StarAfrica.com Mozambican Land, Environment, and Rural Development Minister Celso Correia has defended the need to preserve biodiversity and protect the environment in Mozambique. The minister was addressing the core

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is announcing a five-year, $2.3 million grant to support educational activities and infrastructure development at the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Laboratory in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. The program will be carried out through the Goro

Charting the Map of Gorongosa’s Life By Piotr Naskrecki, Ph.D., Associate Director, E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Laboratory Gorongosa National Park The walk from my cabin to the restaurant where I was meeting a few friends for dinner should have taken about 45 seconds, a minute tops. Yet,

Murky Depths and Mysterious Ecosystems By Joshua Daskin Pans (small seasonal ponds) are mysterious habitats. Little is known about their ecology and their occupants are usually well hidden below the murky depths. That’s about to change. In this episode of “Gorongosa Field Notes,

Gorongosa Field Notes: Capturing Photographs of Bats in Flight By Jen Guyton “Come on, little dude. Fly for me.” I gently prodded the outside of the fabric box that held the dark brown fuzzy lump. It was an Angolan free-tailed bat, Mops condylura, and it wasn’t cooperating. I was work