USGS Release: Media Advisory: Colorful South Pacific Species – New Discoveries and Looming Threats (12/10/2012 12:00:00 PM)

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Media Advisory: Colorful South Pacific Species – New Discoveries and Looming Threats
Free USGS Public Lecture December 13
Released: 12/10/2012 12:00:00 PM

Contact Information:
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
Office of Communications and Publishing
12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, MS 119
Reston, VA 20192

Leslie Gordon

Phone: 650-329-4000

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Exciting discoveries are spurring research to uncover hidden secrets deep within South Pacific tropical forests. USGS Research Biologist Robert Fisher will be making an engaging presentation detailing new discoveries and emerging threats to wildlife and ecosystems. Join us on December 13^th, to hear Fisher's stories from the tropical forests of Papua New Guinea and hear him detail his discovery of a new species dubbed the "bumblebee" gecko, and what he and other herpetologists are finding while studying Pacific lizard biodiversity.

Who:	Robert Fisher, Research Biologist with the USGS Western Ecological Research Center
What:	Colorful South Pacific Species – New discoveries and looming threats
When:	Thursday, December 13, 2012 7 p.m.—Public lecture for general public and press (also live-streamed over the Internet)
Where:	U.S. Geological Survey Building 3 Auditorium, second floor 345 Middlefield Road Menlo Park, CA 94025
More information and directions:	Public Lecture Series Calendar Menlo Park Science Center Campus Map

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