Category: EVENTS

Dr. Lowman to speak at Tanglewood Camp on Friday, July 22nd

Dr. Meg Lowman will speak from noon to 1 p.m. Friday (7/22/2011) at the Meg Lowman Treetops Camp for at-risk girls at Tanglewood Nature Center & Museum, 443 Coleman Ave. in Big Flats. Lowman will talk about her career and latest adventures. Admission is $10 for the public, $5 for members and free to Meg […]

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Exploring the Northeastern Coastline of South America

In late March and early April of 2011, an expedition team including NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, and University of Chicago found a gang of us exploring the northeastern coastline of South America — starting in Brazil and ending up in the Dutch Antilles. As I sampled herbivory in the canopy from point […]

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Dr. Meg Lowman to speak at the Carleton Convocation on April 22, 2011.

From Carleton News: Margaret “Meg” Lowman, PhD, an author, adventurer, educator, and ecologist with 30 years of experience exploring the unseen world of biodiversity that exists in rainforest canopies, will deliver Carleton College’s weekly convocation address on Friday, April 22 at 10:50 a.m. in the Skinner Memorial Chapel. Entitled “Life in the Treetops: Conservation of […]

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Breaking the myths about the Amazon (dnaindia.com)

An article in DNA India about the launch of Krishnamurthy’s new book, The Fragile Forest: Inside Brazilian Amazonia (which includes a chapter written by Meg Lowman): The Amazon rain forest is contrary to the way it was represented in Hollywood movie Anaconda. If explorer, writer and photographer Bhaskar D Krishnamurthy is to be believed, it […]

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Dr. Lowman speaking at NC Museum’s Science Café on Jan. 18th

Science Café: Rain Forests – Going, Going, Gone? Date: Jan. 18, 6:30–8:30 pm with discussions beginning at 7 pm followed by Q&A Location: Tir Na Nog, 218 South Blount Street, Raleigh, 919.833.7795 Fee: Free RSVP: 919.733.7450×531 or email: katey.ahmann@ncdenr.gov Every child grows up with a sense of awe about tropical forests — extraordinary creatures including […]

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