40 Years in Borneo: Hacking Through the Jungle in Search of Birds

Speaker: Dr. Fred Sheldon, George H. Lowery, Jr. Professorship, Director of Museum of Natural Science and Curator of Genetic Resources at LSU in Baton Rouge
Time: Tues., Oct. 20, 2020 07:00 PM Central Time

Fred received his PhD from Yale University in Biology in 1986. He has two fundamental areas of research interest: the evolution and systematics of birds, and the natural history of the birds of the Malay Archipelago. His work in S.E. Asia is concentrated mainly in Borneo, where he is conducting a variety of studies with students and collaborators.

Borneo, a giant, rugged island in Southeast Asia’s Malay Archipelago, is shared by the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, Indonesian Kalimantan and the tiny nation of Brunei. It’s known for its beaches and ancient, biodiverse rainforest, home to wildlife including orangutans and clouded leopards. In Sabah is 4,095 meter-tall Mount Kinabalu, the island’s highest peak, and, offshore, the famed dive site Sipadan Island.

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