Following Scientists Into the Field
It is the end of the rainy season now in Madagascar, which means it’s a good time for chameleons. They like it wet and warm. And that means it’s a good time for Chris Raxworthy, who is studying...
View ArticleEndangered Monkeys in Vietnam
Our third Scientist at Work blogger will be studying an endangered leaf-eating monkey in central Vietnam.
View ArticleIn Search of Gray-Shanked Doucs
Eleanor Sterling prepares for her latest trip to Vietnam to study the endangered gray-shanked douc.
View ArticleSolving the Madagascar Biodiversity Puzzle
At the American Museum of Natural History, Christopher J. Raxworthy juggles paperwork and examines specimens brought back from Madagascar.
View ArticleIn the Middle of Nowhere, Snooping on Sea Turtles
Eleanor Sterling is at the Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Central Pacific studying the ecology and behavior of the two species of sea turtles.
View ArticleOn the Trail of Green Rocks
Geologists in the Motagua Valley of Guatemala study the origin of jade and its role in plate tectonics.
View ArticleIn Search of a Jade Host Rock
Geologists sample outcrops of serpentinite hoping to better understand jade and the evolution of the Caribbean tectonic plate.
View ArticleThe Cave Fish of Madagascar
Ichthyologists are exploring the subterranean limestone karst formations of Ankarana, in the far north of Madagascar, for blind, pigmentless cave fish.
View ArticleInto the Crocodile Cave
Inside the caves of Madagascar, scientists are surprised to find more sighted gobies from above ground than blind cave fish.
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