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Mammoth Bites is a PechaKucha style speaker series,each event features a different set of speakers. Hear from several researchers andknowledge holders about current research or interesting stories about the world we live in.Topics will vary but will always be interesting.

Speakers:

Nicholas Cairns- Snow Lizards!

"I am the Curator of Non-avian Vertebrates at the Royal Alberta Museum. I have a deep interest in naturaql history and love solving biological puzzles, trying to understand how animals make a living where they do. I feed this interest by delving inot questions of ecology, behavior and biogeorgaphy. Beyond intrinsic knowledge, when possible I use the information derived from these questions to inform conservation. I have a taxonomic bias towards reptiles and amphibians but have experience with taxa as varied as bees and tiger sharks. I am also a husband and father of two trying to raise little naturalists in the Northern Great Plains."

Corey Scobie- The lucrative wild bird egg trade in early Alberta

"Corey Scobie is Assistant Curator of Ornithology at the Royal Alberta Museum, where he prepares birds, helps manages the Ornithology collection and studies owl, woodpecker, and grouse ecology. Over the last two years, Corey and a great group of volunteers have organized and catalogued over 3,000 clutches of wild bird egg shells collected as far back as the 1860's from all over the world."

Kathrine Bramble- Finding Fossils with Industry

"Katherine Bramble is a paleontologist at the Royal Alberta Museum and predominantly works with Industry in the recovery of Alberta's Ice Age fossils."