Geckos, Guns, and Gurus | Lee Grismer | TEDxLaSierraUniversity

After involving his students in the discovery of nearly 200 new species over his career, Lee Grismer understands both the joy of discovery and the devastating knowledge that the world is on an ecological knife-edge. In this compelling talk, he takes the audience on a journey through some of the most remote, beautiful, and imperiled places in the world and to an understanding of how to save it. The age of discovery is now! Dr. Lee Grismer has taken hundreds of students with him on research trips into the most remote jungles in Southeast Asia, which has in many cases for them resulted in life-changing experiences. "I'm always happy to open doors for students who think that medicine is the only way to go in biology, and I'm even happier when they reverse course and enter graduate school to become ecologists and conservationists."

Lee began his professional career working for twenty-five years in the arid region of Baja California, Mexico until leaving for the humid tropics of Southeast Asia. He has discovered and described nearly 200 new species to science, and many of those descriptions were co-authored with his students. Lee believes there is no human endeavor more important than discovering, cataloging, and conserving the biodiversity of our planet. To this end, he has dedicated his life to doing field research in some of the most biologically diverse and remote regions of the world. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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