Marin
Science Seminar Presentation: "Ants:
The Invisible Majority" September
12, 2018 (Previous
talks: January 22, 2014, September
22, 2010 Download
archived flyer here.)
Dr. Fisher is a modern-day explorer who
treks through the last remote rainforests, deserts, and
plains of Madagascar in search of ants. His research
highlights insects as a useful tool to discover and
preserve all plants and animals on this unique island.
Along the way, he has discovered over 1000 new species
including the jumping ants and Dracula ants. He has also
started Insects
and People to farm insects to feed
Madagascar’s hungry children while sustaining wildlife. He
has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles in scholarly
journals including the recently published “Ants of Africa
and Madagascar,” with Barry Bolton. He has appeared in a
number of BBC, Discovery Channel, and National Geographic
films and has been profiled in Newsweek and Discover
magazine. When not working in the field, Dr. Fisher lives
with the banana slugs in a treehouse in Marin County.
Dr. Fisher is currently Chairman of
Entomology at the California Academy of Sciences and
adjunct professor of biology at both the University of
California at Berkeley and San Francisco State
University.
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