Science Seminars, underwritten by Cooper Bussmann
This series is presented as a partnership with The Academy of Science of St. Louis.
Emerging Frontiers in Science and Innovation
These community-wide seminars cover the latest in trending topics in science from wind and solar energy to medicinal plants, the Barrow Alaska Global Climate Change Lab, and Bears in North America.
Science Seminars are held in the Living World at the St. Louis Zoo. All Science Seminars are free of charge and free parking is available in the North Lot.
Journey Through the Arctic
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
7:30-9 p.m. in The Living World -- lecture and book signing
Admission is free
Debbie Miller, journalist, teacher, Arctic explorer, conservationist, photographer, and award-winning author of Midnight Wilderness: Journeys in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Debbie Miller has explored and studied the wilderness and wildlife of the Arctic for more than three decades. Her new book describes the largest expanse of wild lands remaining in America, along with its rich diversity of arctic wildlife: wolves, caribou, grizzly bears, Dall sheep, wolverine, dinosaurs of the past, and a host of migratory birds from all corners of the world.
Journey with Debbie as she paddles 400 miles through the National Petroleum Reserve, a vast region with many special areas in need of lasting protection. The acclaimed author of 15 nature books for children and adults, Debbie is the author of Midnight Wilderness: Journeys in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Braided River, 2011) and a co-author of Arctic Wings: Birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Mountaineers Books, 2006). She is a founding board member of the Alaska Wilderness League, an organization whose mission is to protect Alaska's extraordinary wilderness.
Books available for signing and purchase by the author following the presentation.
Special thanks to: Journey Through the Arctic sponsor, the Alaska Wilderness League
Bears of North America
Wednesday, March 27, 2012
7:30-9 p.m. in The Living World -- lecture and book signing
Admission is free
James Halfpenny, PhD, James Halfpenny, Ph.D., carnivore ecologist, animal tracker, educator and author of Yellowstone Bears in the Wild; president, A Naturalist's World; Fellow, The Explorers Club
Bears have played a mythic role for centuries in North America. They are the epitome of wildlands and untrammeled wilderness. As human encounters increased in 2011, polar, grizzly, and black bears have all made the headlines. Noted naturalist and carnivore ecologist, Dr. James Halfpenny shares his years of experience studying our continent's largest carnivores. You'll marvel at their diversity and size, learn about their lifestyles, behavior and ecology, and contemplate the future of our ursine friends in this singularly entertaining and informative talk on the Bears of North America.
Books available for signing and purchase by the author following the presentation.
Special thanks to: Bears of North America sponsor and partner, University of Missouri - St. Louis