What a nun can teach a scientist about ecology | Victoria Gill - podcast episode cover

What a nun can teach a scientist about ecology | Victoria Gill

Feb 12, 202014 min
--:--
--:--
Listen in podcast apps:

Episode description

To save the achoque -- an exotic (and adorable) salamander found in a lake in northern Mexico -- scientists teamed up with an unexpected research partner: a group of nuns called the Sisters of the Immaculate Health. In this delightful talk, science journalist Victoria Gill shares the story of how this unusual collaboration saved the achoque from extinction -- and demonstrates how local and indigenous people could hold the secret to saving our planet's weird, wonderful and most threatened species.
What a nun can teach a scientist about ecology | Victoria Gill | TED Talks Science and Medicine podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast