Boston Flora

Tag: Naskrecki

  • Tuesday, December 11, 7:30 pm – Exploring Insect Biodiversity in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

    The next meeting of the Cambridge Entomological Club will be held on Tuesday, December 11 at 7:30 PM in room 101 of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Oxford Street, Cambridge. Gary Alpert and Piotr Naskrecki will present a talk entitled Exploring Insect Biodiversity in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

    Gary Alpert and Piotr Naskrecki will present a photo essay of a recent field expedition to Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique for the purpose of collecting ants and katydids. We will hear about field trips by helicopter, protection by armed national park guards and other adventures.

    The meeting is free and open to the public. Snacks will be provided and you are also welcome to join us at 6:00 PM for an informal pre-meeting dinner at Cambridge Commons restaurant.

  • Wednesday, November 30, 6:00 pm – Relics: Travels in Nature’s Time Machine

    In his newest book, Relics, world-renowned zoologist Piotr Naskrecki travels the globe to photograph “relics,” creatures or habitats that, while acted upon by evolution, remain remarkably similar to their earliest manifestations in the fossil record. From horseshoe crabs of the Atlantic to orchids of New Guinea, Naskrecki has created a time-lapse tour of life that has persisted nearly untouched for hundreds of millions of years.  This lecture and booksigning will be held on Wednesday, November 30, beginning at 6 pm. Free and open to the public, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street.