January 24, 2020

Chasing new species

I spend a large proportion of my scientific career tracking down and formally naming species that are new to science....

Animal Science

December 12, 2019

Another productive year for science

Wrapping up another productive year of research here at Zoo Atlanta, I’d thought I’d share with you the fruits of...

Zoo News

November 14, 2019

Great Ape Heart Project awarded fourth IMLS grant

Grant is largest show of federal support to date for the effort to target cardiac health in gorillas, orangutans, chimpanzees...

Animal Science

October 9, 2019

Contemporary mass extinctions?

In 2008, my close colleagues, herpetologists David Wake and Vance Vredenburg, used the amphibian crisis to support their invocation of...

Animal Science

August 21, 2019

Tackling novel threats to biodiversity

We do not usually think of cancers as being infectious because cancers themselves are generally not pathogens. As in all...

Zoo News

July 29, 2019

Komodo dragon genome is legacy of Zoo Atlanta animals

New study provides groundbreaking insights into the evolution of lizards. Two Komodo dragons from Zoo Atlanta will leave an indelible...

Animal Science

May 29, 2019

For the love of coffee

Who loves coffee? I do, I do! Coffee, as we know it, is cultivated as varietals of two species of...

Animal Science

December 14, 2018

Diving into myths for facts

We scientists don’t have much patience for myths, science fiction or pseudo-science. Postcards of jackalopes irritate our rational sensibilities. But...

Animal Science

July 25, 2018

Green blood?!

In our mammal-oriented existence, as mammals ourselves, it’s easy to get lazy and assume that all animals function like some...

Animal Science

June 27, 2018

An ounce of prevention: second chance?

I was quoted recently in an interview as saying, “I never realized I could have so much influence [in conservation]...

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