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Lecture Archive: Sean B. Carroll  

The Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discover How Nature Works, and Why It Matters

Lecture date: October 27, 2016. Dr. Sean Carroll discussed the discovery of the “The Serengeti Rules,” the ecological rules that regulate the numbers and kinds of animals and plants in any given place.

Video Posted: September 23, 2016 | Running time: 55:40

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Lecture Archive: Mac Stone  

Journey Through the Everglades

Lecture date: October 18, 2016. Photographer Mac Stone shared images and stories from his book, Everglades: America’s Wetland.

Video Posted: September 23, 2016 | Running time: 55:49

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Lecture Archive: Gail Wight  

Swimming in the Age of Fishes: Art, Imagination, and the Unknowable

Lecture date: October 12, 2016. Artist Gail Wight discussed how topics in biology—like deep time, species diversity, extinction, and the forces of weather on habitat—drive her studio practice.

Video Posted: September 23, 2016 | Running time: 51:57

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Lecture Archive: Helen Scales  

The Story of Seahorses: From Myth to Reality

Lecture date: October 5, 2016. Marine biologist Dr. Helen Scales discussed seahorse behavior and biology and how seahorses are endangered by modern threats rooted in humans' ancient beliefs.

Video Posted: September 23, 2016 | Running time: 46:43

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Lecture Archive: Charles Wurster  

DDT Wars: The 1972 DDT Ban and its Benefits

Lecture date: September 27, 2016. Charles Wurster discussed his book, DDT Wars, and the inside story it tells of the decade-long scientific, legal, and strategic campaign that culminated in the national ban of the insecticide DDT in 1972.

Video Posted: August 22, 2016 | Running time: 48:08

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Lecture Archive: Patrick Krug  

Hugs and Drugs from Sea Slugs

Lecture date: August 30, 2016. Patrick Krug discussed ecological reasons for sea slugs’ beautiful coloration, their role in drug discovery and biomedical research, and their dramatic and intriguing mating behaviors.

Video Posted: July 25, 2016 | Running time: 45:45

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Lecture Archive: Mike Bartick  

Into the Black

Lecture date: August 18, 2016. Mike Bartick discussed diving at night and photographing nocturnal marine life.

Video Posted: July 25, 2016 | Running time: 1:04:46

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Lecture Archive: Andrew Nosal  

Local Legends: Movement Biology of the Leopard Shark off La Jolla, California

Lecture date: August 9, 2016. Andrew Nosal discussed leopard sharks that gather in shallow water off La Jolla Shores Beach in Southern California every summer.

Video Posted: July 25, 2016 | Running time: 33:08

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Lecture Archive: Paul Isley  

Tillandsia Air Plants: Low-Water Plants for the 21st Century

Lecture date: July 26, 2016. Paul Isley discussed the genus Tillandsia, a family of easy-to-maintain plants that can grow without soil.

Video Posted: June 27, 2016 | Running time: 39:31

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Lecture Archive: Josefin Stiller  

Taming Dragons: Unexpected Insights into the Biology, Behavior, and Diversity of Seadragons

Lecture date: July 19, 2016. Josefin Stiller discussed new insights into seadragon biology gained from field observations in Australia and from novel genetic techniques in the lab. Stiller and her advisors serendipitously discovered the ruby seadragon in 2015.

Video Posted: June 27, 2016 | Running time: 43:40

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