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New Species Found in Mysteriously Diverse Jungle (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. Chris Austin’s fieldwork takes him to some of the most inaccessible places on Earth in the pursuit of knowledge about the diversity of the world’s amphibians and reptiles. He serves as assistant curator of Herpetology and assistant professor of Biological Science at the Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Science. This story relates some of the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of field work in remote New Guinea. Related PostsForest Loss in Sumatra Becomes a Global IssueOn the Island of Sumatra, about 1,200 miles from the global climate talks under way on Bali, are som...Manatees Retain Endangered StatusManatees remain on Florida?s endangered species list, for now. Related PostsSenate Panel Passes Bi...Theater Review | ‘Trumpery’: Don?t Dillydally, Darwin, It?s Survival of the QuickestPeter Parnell?s play is a tightly focused study of Darwin, his [...]
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