What Makes Us Human?
One of the most challenging and interesting questions that has been pondered by scientists through the ages, from Aristotle to Darwin, through to the present day is where, when and how did we, humans, ... Author Archive
Dr. Dino Martins
Hello! I'm Dino Martins, an entomologist interested in how insects keep the planet running. I study ants, bees and termites and how they interact with other species. I teach for the Turkana Basin Field School and currently hold a post-doctoral fellowship with Stony Brook - Turkana Basin Institute.
One of the most challenging and interesting questions that has been pondered by scientists through the ages, from Aristotle to Darwin, through to the present day is where, when and how did we, humans, ... Mud-Flat Life…
The first module of the Turkana Basin Institute of Ecology is just coming to and end. We spent a couple of days this week learning about and exploring the aquatic habitat of the Turkwel River next to TBI.
One ... Good Bugs and Bad Bugs
Good Bugs and Bad Bugs
One of the important topics that we have been exploring as part of the Ecology Module is the question of ‘ecosystem services’ and how biodiversity, basically wild species, ... Of Goats and Grasshoppers…
Goats vs. Grasshoppers
The two main herbivores present around the Turkana Basin Institute are goats and grasshoppers. The goats are obvious as you travel around – there are small groups of them moving ... Field School visits the Kerio Delta
The TBI Field School Students visited the Kerio Delta this weekend.
We visited the Kerio Delta as part of the Ecology module, looking at some of the different vegetation types and learning about some ... Spring Field School Begins
The Spring Field School has taken off at the Turkana Basin Institute at South Turkwel. Students have started exploring the ecology of the area.
Understanding ecology involves an appreciation of the ... T-paper timeline of Earth History!
The students have been studying Vertebrate Paleontology with Profs Rene Bobbe and Kyalo Manthi for the current module
As part of this they recently made a timeline of the Earth's History using toilet ... Three sisters of dinosaurs
Hello - we have had a couple of interesting visitors at TBI last night and this morning.
Just as I was heading to bed, the students came to get me saying there was a snake in the mess hall. I went over ... Tree Planting in honor of Wangari Maathai
Yesterday Kenya and the world celebrated the life of Prof. Wangari Maathai, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning environmentalist who recently passed away. ... River Wildlife!
After the visit to the Kerio Delta, closer to ‘home’ at TBI, we investigated the riverine ecology. This involved jumping into the river and getting wet. It wasn’t hard to convince everyone to do so in the middle of a hot sunny morning! ...