NEWS WISE • January 20, 2023
In 2017, New Zealand native and bat specialist Josh Guilbert started full-time research on the remote island of Rota, a tiny dot in the vastness of Oceania. That first year, he met two seasonal volunteers who had previously worked at a wildlife research group in Maine—Biodiversity Research Institute. Josh made a mental note of this organization and over the next few years, BRI rose to his consciousness every so often. After five-years working on the tropical island, Josh knew he needed to do more to help curtail the environmental crisis. His search for a new position led him to the other side of the world, finding BRI just when he was needed. He relocated to Maine to steer the Institute’s mammal program, adding another critical thread to BRI’s story.