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Thalles Pereira: Scientists estimate that there are over 7.5 million species of plants and animals that have yet to be described. But in a world where extinction may outpace discovery, how can citizen-scientists get involved? Join me as I share how residents in Alaska helped me discover and describe a new species of snakeworm gnat and learn how you, too, can participate in the scientific process.
This video is part of our Virtual Scientist in a Classroom program: https://hmnh.harvard.edu/virtual-scientist-classroom. School teachers may be able to arrange a live Q&A session with this presenter.
Thalles thanks citizens who reported observations and/or collected specimens for study: Margaret Billington, Diane Clausen, Lynn Cornberg, Michael Fitz, Jenn Hamm, Ted Johnson, Sarah Keller, Deborah Kurtz, Jerry Moses, Joseph Rueter, Tim Sands, Julie Stricker, George Strother, Jan Thacker, Rosy Thompson, Cathy Turner, and Loretta Win-Ton. Thalles also thanks the students in the University of Alaska Fairbanks Summer Sessions' “Adult Bug Camp” and “Kids Bug Camp” courses, who helped us decide on the specific epithet of our new species.
Link to paper: doi.org/10.18476/2023.673937
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Thalles Pereira: Scientists estimate that there are over 7.5 million species of plants and animals that have yet to be described. But in a world where extinction may outpace discovery, how can citizen-scientists get involved? Join me as I share how residents in Alaska helped me discover and describe a new species of snakeworm gnat and learn how you, too, can participate in the scientific process.
This video is part of our Virtual Scientist in a Classroom program: https://hmnh.harvard.edu/virtual-scientist-classroom. School teachers may be able to arrange a live Q&A session with this presenter.
Thalles thanks citizens who reported observations and/or collected specimens for study: Margaret Billington, Diane Clausen, Lynn Cornberg, Michael Fitz, Jenn Hamm, Ted Johnson, Sarah Keller, Deborah Kurtz, Jerry Moses, Joseph Rueter, Tim Sands, Julie Stricker, George Strother, Jan Thacker, Rosy Thompson, Cathy Turner, and Loretta Win-Ton. Thalles also thanks the students in the University of Alaska Fairbanks Summer Sessions' “Adult Bug Camp” and “Kids Bug Camp” courses, who helped us decide on the specific epithet of our new species.
Link to paper: doi.org/10.18476/2023.673937
Music: Succeed in Life - HooksSounds youtu.be/ozviJLAw3hc?si=RzzHG83-e-59DlAo
