Join nature writer, Diane Ackerman, for a presentation exploring two of her research projects spanning the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Journey with her from the breeding grounds of the short-tailed albatross on a remote Japanese island, where these magnificent seabirds are recovering from near extinction, to the nursery waters of Patagonia where southern right whale mothers pause with their calves on their way to the rich feeding grounds of Antarctica. About the speaker: Author, poet and naturalist, Diane Ackerman has written over two dozen works of nonfiction and poetry, including The New York Times bestsellers The Zookeeper's Wife, A Natural History of the Senses, and The Human Age. 
 

Free and open to the public.