We are so excited to welcome back DR. MONICA BOND, a wildlife scientist who spends her days protecting the tallest land animal on Earth – the giraffe!

From Falcons to Giraffes
Dr. Bond is a principal scientist for Wild Nature Institute and a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Zurich. She has been an animal lover for as long as she can remember. She became interested in biology in high school, and discovered the world of wildlife science in college, after visiting a friend who was studying nesting of Peregrine Falcons in Great Smokey Mountains National Park. She saw her first wild giraffe in 2005 and 5 years later she moved to Tanzania to study them! She loves to mix field research with writing and talking about the beauty and importance of wildlife and nature. She has lived and worked in Tanzania for 15 years.

A Giraffe-Sized Study!
Dr. Bond and the Wild Nature Institute team are studying more than 6,000 wild Masai giraffes in an area over 25,000 sq. km in Tanzania. This is the BIGGEST study of giraffe survival and reproduction in the world.

Member Spotlight: Adventures in Kenya
Junior Giraffe Club members PENN and MCLAREN will share photos and stories from their amazing trip to Kenya. They’ll tell us what it’s like to travel across the globe to see incredible African animals in the wild!