Jeff Melsheimer '14

Great third day in the BVI. Started off as usual with an early rise at 7:45 followed by a short walk down at our meeting area (known as the cattle guard). Glen our taxi driver picked us up in the shuttle and took us to Olde Park Inn where class is always held. The breakfast buffet was waiting there...

Great second day in the BVI. Woke up this morning at about 7:30 to a great view from my Guavaberry Hotel house. We all gathered at the base of the resort and played frisbee while waiting for out taxi. Our amicable driver Glen came around 8:30 and we headed over to our classroom, an air conditioned room which is...

Great first day in the BVI. We started off with a tasty and filling breakfast buffet. Considering yesterday's food consisted of McDonald's and a lovely Italian dinner (chef boyardee canned lasagna), it hit the spot. We continued in the morning with an orientation and introduction to what we will be doing this week. From turtle tagging to spear fishing...

The Rock Beauty Angelfish, or Holacanthuss tricolor, is a marine fish commonly found in the Gulf of Mexico. As a whole, the majority of the fish is yellow with a large black spot on its body. They feed mostly on sponges as well as some tunicates and algae. The Rock Beauty always starts out as female but has the...

Today we learned about four articles that outlined these issues: Ecotourism- Ecotourism is the responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people. While it may seem like a step towards improving the environment, things like greenwashing and a failure to substantially improve the environment show that the criticism and negative impacts may...

Today we learned: -how climate change can affect coral reefs causing things like bleaching -the effects of whaling and the ethical concerns that come with it