TBI Cliffs
Students learned the concept of superposition, where the oldest sediment or rock layers are on the bottom of an exposed outcrop. However, due to [...]
Glimpses of the Past
The students have been learning more about the geology of the Turkana Basin. Today they learned about how layers of sediment form (stratigraphy) and [...]
A rock is a rock – or is it?
The second module - The Geology of the Turkana Basin- kicked off yesterday. Students first learned how to use the Brunton compass to map [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Dr. Lawrence Martin assumes full-time directorship of TBI
Stony Brook University's Dr. Lawrence Martin has agreed to serve, on a full-time basis, as Director of the Turkana Basin Institute. Martin has been [...]
Field School Students finish Archaeology of the Turkana Basin
On Friday 18 November, TBI Students completed their last course, Archaeology of the Turkana Basin, taught by Sonia Harmand. Students learned about the major [...]
Louise Leakey and Autodesk launch 3D fossils website
Dr. Louise Leakey (TBI, Stony Brook University) and 3D software company Autodesk have teamed up with the National Museums of Kenya to create an [...]
Upcoming Field School info session at Stony Brook
Stony Brook University is hosting a Turkana Basin Field School information session on Wednesday, December 7th from 1:00-2:00 in the TBI Seminar Room.
TBI Field School Students finish Vertebrate Paleontology
This weekend TBI Students completed their third course, Vertebrate Paleontology and Ancient Environments in the Turkana Basin. The course was taught by [...]
Writers Conference to be held at TBI Turkwel
Building on the success of last year’s January overseas Writers Conference in Florence, Italy, the Stony Brook Southampton MFA in Creative Writing and Literature [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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!
Birds and bees in the Kerio Delta
The Lake Turkana Basin, while being a hot and dry area, includes several river systems and the 6,000 km2 + lake Turkana. Three rivers [...]
Field trip to the Napedet Hills
A few days ago we all took a trip to the Napedet Hills that lie southwest of TBI. The drive to the hills was [...]