Anegada Rock Iguana Conservation Field Expedition
Gain real-world wildlife research experience while helping to conserve one of the Caribbean’s most endangered reptiles.
Student participants will gain
experience in:
•Mark–recapture techniques
• Radio-telemetry
• Camera trapping
• Distance sampling/population surveys
• GPS navigation and field mapping
• Nest surveys and reproductive ecology
• Vegetation and habitat surveys
• Iguana diet studies
• Invasive species monitoring
• Captive husbandry
• Safe wildlife handling techniques and
field research ethics
• Developing education and outreach
activities
• Working with a scent-detection dog
Why this Experience is Unique
● Work directly with professional conservation biologists
on an active endangered species recovery program
● Contribute to real data used in long-term conservation
research and management
● Gain hands-on field skills rarely available to
undergraduate students
● Experience wildlife research on a remote Caribbean
island ecosystem
● Build practical experience valuable for graduate school
and conservation careers
Ideal Participants—Students interested in: Wildlife
Biology • Ecology • Conservation Biology • Zoology •
Environmental Science.
Dates: Session 1: June 7-15 ● Session 2: June 16-24●
Session 3: June 25-July 3 ● Session 4: July 5-13
Location: Anegada, British Virgin Islands (BVI)
Cost: $1,725 for one session
Group size: Seven to 12 participants plus project leader
Cost includes: One night on Tortola, BVI; one round-trip ferry ticket from Tortola to Anegada; seven nights on Anegada; meals on Anegada; field supplies; transportation on Anegada; and all routine expenses on Anegada.
Cost does not include: Airfare to Tortola, BVI; meals on Tortola; cab fare to and from the airport
Hands-On Wildlife Research in the British Virgin Islands Join conservation biologists working to recover one of the world’s most endangered reptiles — the Anegada Rock Iguana. This immersive field experience allows undergraduate students to participate directly in ongoing conservation research while gaining practical skills used by wildlife biologists in the field. Participants will work alongside researchers from the Fort Worth Zoo and contribute to the long-term conservation of this critically endangered species. Students may also select to receive three hours of academic credit through H. Lavity Stoutt Community College by enrolling in the course Applied Field Research and completing additional assignments connected to the field experience.
For more information and to apply, please contact Kelly Bradley, Fort Worth Zoo
conservation biologist, at kbradley@fortworthzoo.org or 817-759-7173.
