Wildlife Madagascar Team

Madagascar Stories

MY TIME AS A VOLUNTEER FOR WILDLIFE MADAGASCAR

When Lotte Dijks had the opportunity to come to Madagascar and experience hands-on fieldwork as a volunteer, she knew she couldn’t pass it up. She helped to follow and take data on groups of lemurs (and experienced the magic of indri calling to one another!), gained a deeper understanding of the behaviors of a variety of animals and the intricacies of forest ecology, and worked at a tree nursery and a community garden. She also experienced the warmth and acceptance of the Malagasy people. She says that by the end of her stay, she felt deeply connected to the team and the work being done there.

Donor Profiles

MEMBER PROFILE: DR. ROBERT SIEGEL

Dr. Robert Siegel’s journey with Wildlife Madagascar began through a chance connection and quickly led to time in the field at La Mananara, where the people, the mission, and the work left a powerful impression. A professor at Stanford University, Dr. Siegel has built a remarkable career centered on teaching, lifelong learning, photography, and spending time in nature around the globe.

Madagascar Stories

The Climb / Two Days to 1550

the climb / two days to 1550 By Matt McGee, PhD Student, University of California, Berkeley Previously on “Matt’s Field Adventures”: I finished the first field season of my dissertation

Madagascar Stories

Reflections from the Field

reflections from the field By Nagarathna Balakrishna, Student Researcher, La Mananara Field Site Fieldwork has been a defining part of my professional journey as a primatologist and early-career conservationist. Being

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