Have you ever wondered what would happen if everyone walked with a microscope in their pocket? This thought has just come true for children on the island of Chiloé in southern Chile - pocket-sized microscopes, known as Foldscopes, have arrived! Yes, Foldscopes are origami-based fold-your own paper microscopes that fit in your pocket! Several months ago we contacted Professor Manu Prakash at Standford University ( http://web.stanford.edu/~manup/index.html ) after seeing his in

Action! Still drowsy after a 32 hour trip from Scotland to Chiloé I crawl out of my sleeping bag. Glorious dawnlight and only a light breeze greet me – perfect weather for surveying the more exposed parts of Isla Cailín in our Quellón study area here in the Chiloé archipelago in southern Chile. I’ve only arrived but the team has been in the field since January. Soon we’re on the water, high fives among our team of four, and off we whizz in our small inflatable zodiac -Yaqu- t

Two porpoises approached us and we could even determine the sex of one of them. GoPro-Video: The Burmeister’s porpoise inhabits the entire Chilean coast and has a beakless head like the Chilean dolphin. It can be distinguished easily by its backward-leaning dorsal fin that is also further back on the body (more than any other porpoise or dolphin) while the Chilean dolphin has a rounded dorsal fin. Burmiester's porpoises are incredibly difficult to spot at sea. They appear ve

El trabajo que se lleva a cabo dentro de la comunidad Yaldadina es de gran importancia en la conservación del ecosistema chiloense, brindando al pueblo el conocimiento del área en la cual desempeñan las labores que les dan sustento a sus familias y que por otro lado, contempla una gran biodiversidad tanto marina como terrestre, por lo que es necesario realizar diversas actividades para concientizar a sus habitantes del valor único de esta región. El aumento de las actividades