Science Spotlight: How to Help a Scientist Find a New Species
By Harvard Museum of Natural History
Join Thalles P. Lavinscky Pereira, PhD., a Biodiversity Fellow in the Farrell Lab, to learn how you, too, can participate in the scientific process.
.: quarta-feira, Março 20 7:24pm – 8:24pm.
Ages: Adults.
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Scientists estimate that there are over 7.5 million species of plants and animals that have yet to be discovered and described. But in a world where extinction may outpace discovery, how can citizen scientists get involved?
Join Thalles P. Lavinscky Pereira, PhD., a Biodiversity Fellow in the Farrell Lab, to learn how residents in Alaska helped him discover and describe a new species of snakeworm gnat and learn how you, too, can participate in the scientific process.
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Last updated Março 13, 2024.
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