Wild Tobago

Dr Anjani Ganase reports on the 2025 TT Bioblitz which was conducted on September 20-21 from base camp at Maracas Bay     The final tally of all species encountered at the Maracas Bioblitz is still being completed but initial numbers surpass 1000 and are a testament to the amazing wildlife that exists along the North Coast of Trinidad.   Bioblitz event organisers, Jernella Chedick and Amy Deacon, officially kick off Maracas Bioblitz 2025. Plant species took the lead with 419 species, the highest number of species in Bioblitz history. This may be no surprise, as the diverse plants species form the backbone of our northern range rainforests. But what naturalists found living among the plants will blow your mind! MOTHS Forests do not exist without bugs. Bugs were the second highest tallied with 337 recorded species. A large portion included butterflies and moths. Rainer Nrshima Deo, Game Warden from the Forestry Division, joined the El Tucuche overn...

Anjani Ganase invites aspiring scientists, biologists, botanists and families interested in the natural world to join or observe this year’s census of species living on Trinidad’s North Coast. Bioblitz 2025 in Trinidad and Tobago takes place September 20 to 21 based at the Maracas Bay Community Centre.   The first time I participated in Trinidad and Tobago Bioblitz was in 2018 at Toco. I had just returned home after living abroad for over six years, and it was the perfect opportunity to get re-acquainted with why I got into marine science in the first place. What I didn’t expect was the enthusiasm and being immersed in a community of passionate naturalists. While some were scientists formally trained in biology and ecology and others self-taught taxonomists, all were experts gathered for the one mission, to identify every living creature - from fungus to fish - within a 5 km radius around the Toco community centre (base camp) over 24 hours – aka Bio-Blitz. I ...