‘I got the African fever’: How a Maltese conservationist found her calling in African jungles

At the edge of the Congo River in Africa, 24-year-old Maltese researcher and conservationist Francesca Grillo is living the life she once imagined through books - researching bonobos, navigating a tropical rainforest, and discovering what it truly means to follow a less-trodden path. Grillo, a Maltese researcher and conservationist with a Masters in