Whats the difference between a Field Expedition course and a Zoo Expedition course?
All Field Expedition and Zoo Expedition courses incorporate interaction with peers and instructors in a combination of face-to-face and Web-based learning communities. Field Expedition courses provide direct study experiences at Earth Expeditions sites in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. In a Field Expeditions course, students join cheetah conservation efforts in Namibia, explore Neotropical ecology in Costa Rica, investigate the reintroduction of blue-and-gold macaws in Trinidad, contemplate Buddhism and conservation in Thailand, explore manatees and howler monkeys in Belize, steppe ecology and conservation in Mongolia, study sustainable approaches to human-wildlife coexistence in Kenya, desert ecological field methods in Baja. Orangutan conservation efforts in Borneo, and rainforest and avian populations in the Amazon (locations are subject to change). In addition to the international experience, all Field Expedition students also engage in a Web-based learning community during the fa
