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Getting to Know Explorer Nathan Wolfe

By:  Kylee Reed | April 2012 With a new year comes the hope of new experiences, acquaintances, and the prospect of boundless opportunity.  2012 has not been a disappointment.  I began this year joining the Roy Chapman Andrews Society (RCAS) as their intern, a position that I am most humbled to have acquired as the […]

‘Unseen world’ surrounds us

by MATT LIPAROTA MLIPAROTA@BELOITDAILYNEWS.COM • JAN. 23, 2012 Posted: Monday, January 23, 2012 4:00 pm | Updated: 10:20 am, Mon Jan 23, 2012. The world’s foremost hunter of dangerous microbes is coming to Beloit next month. Nathan Wolfe, founder and CEO of Global Viral Forecasting based in San Francisco, will visit the Beloit College campus […]

RCAS Distinguished Explorer Award Celebratory Dinner – 2012

Reception Dinner is open to the public, it will be held on Friday, February 3, 2012 following the award ceremony and lecture. Moore Lounge, Pearsons Hall, Beloit College Campus 6:15 pm Reception 7:00 pm Dinner RCAS Members $50 per guest. Non-Members $65 per guest. Please print and fill out the following card and mail it along […]

The Worlds Biggest Insect
Mark Moffett Discovery

We see that 2008 Roy Chapman Andrews Distinguished Explorer Mark Moffett made the news again recently for quite an interesting new discovery, the world’s LARGEST insect!     Adventurer Mark Moffett has found the world’s biggest insect – which is so huge it can eat carrots. The renowned entomologist discovered the giant weta up a […]