Animal Behavior and Ecology: Koala Conservation and Climate Change

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Featured, Science/STEAM

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Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults
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Koalas are not bears, but marsupials, and are an endangered species. Fred Bercovitch will discuss how climate change is impacting their behavior and ecology.

Fred Bercovitch received his B.A. (University of California, Berkeley), M.A. (Arizona State University), and Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles) in Biological Anthropology, specializing in studies of primates. He spent 2.5 years living in Kenya conducting research on the sex life of baboons for his Ph.D. Since then he has studied koalas, African elephants, rhesus monkeys, and giraffes in the wild, as well as California condors, Nile lechwe, and cheetahs while working for the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. He has published over 150 scientific articles on topics as diverse as behavior, ecology, genetics, physiology, development, endocrinology, animal welfare, evolution, and conservation. 

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