--lecture and book signing
Featured Speaker: 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
Photo: Jim Halfpenny measuring grizzly bear tracks. (c) Jim Halfpenny
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. Photo: (c) Jim Halfpenny
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.
Copies of Yellowstone Bears in the Wild available for purchase and signing following presentation.
Location: Saint Louis Zoo Living World Auditorium. Parking is FREE in the Zoo North Lot.
FREE and OPEN to ALL. Adults, teachers, middle and high school students, and the general public are invited to attend these no-cost lectures on topical issues in science. For more information call 314-646-4544 or 314-533-8586. Registration not required.
Special thanks to Bears of North America sponsor and partner,
University of Missouri – St. Louis
Science Seminar Series is Co-sponsored by:
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.