About This Lesson
A video presentation from the California Academy of Sciences: Dr. Jack Dumbacher, Curator of Birds and Mammals at the California Academy of Sciences, talks about his field expeditions to Papua New Guinea. Some of the best discoveries in science are completely serendipitous. Dr. Dumbacher discovered, quite by accident, that a common New Guinea bird uses potent poisons for protection -- a defense never before documented in birds.
would be a great video to use to show students actual scientists in the field, how field studies are conducted and forces that affect biodiversity.