Bruce Beehler

Lost Worlds: Discoveries from the edge of civilization

November 13, 2008

Dr. Bruce Beehler, a noted ecologist and conservationist who recently was featured on 60 Minutes, returns from his third exploration to the most remote mountain range in little-known western New Guinea just two days before coming to Wake Forest University. Dr. Beehler will share his fresh insights on a place that many people call the “untouched land” — occupying only a small fraction of the Earth’s surface but home to nearly 10 percent of its species, many still undiscovered.