| Cloud Forests, Birds and the Origins of Island Life |
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| Written by Kenneth Pavloff |
| Tuesday, 22 March 2011 23:18 |
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Follow Eco Preservation Society on FaceBook and Twitter Sustainable forestry Chris Filardi of the American Museum of Natural History, who traveled to the Soloman islands to study evolution and the conservation of island species, writes:
"For biologists, islands have always been illuminating places. In part, this reflects both the relative simplicity of island ecosystems and also the richly unique, and sometimes bizarre, turns that life takes on islands - think parrots behaving like big rodents, massive dragonfly lizards and minature hippos, giant flightless dodo birds and tiny ground-foraging bats." CLICK HERE TO BEGIN |
| Last Updated on Monday, 04 April 2011 10:27 |
