Jared Diamond on New Guinea and discovering the long-lost golden-fronted bowerbird
For the inaugural episode of “Tell Us What You Know” — an original podcast highlighting and uplifting voices from across the UCLA College’s five divisions — we chat with Pulitzer Prize winner and Professor Emeritus Jared Diamond. Forty-four years ago, he made a remarkable rediscovery of a long-lost bird species in New Guinea, forever linking him to the island and this bird, which is far too fabulous to be forgotten.
Feathers & Flirtations
For over two decades, Barney A. Schlinger, a UCLA professor of integrative biology and physiology, has dedicated his research to a small tropical bird that lives in the moist lowland forests of Panama — the golden-collared manakin. Tune in to “Feathers and Flirtations” to learn more about Schlinger, his work and why the manakin’s got all the right moves. Schlinger’s book, “The Wingsnappers: Lessons from an Exuberant Tropical Bird,” is available now.
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