The scientists behind living things

The living planet

Carolus Linnaeus and the tree of life

Carl Woese and the extremophiles

George Forrest : plant hunter

Musehrooms and other fungi

Margaret Lowman : "Canopy Meg"

Insect planet

Sylvia Earle : undersea explorer

Konrad Lorenz : animal behavior pioneer

Birds

George Schaller : field biologist

Jane Goodall and the Gombe chimpanzees

Learning about life

Timeline

Glossary

Match the scientist to the science

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