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The following is a "closing segment" for the show which aired Tuesday, October 18, 2005 at 11:00 AM EDT.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005 at 11:00 AM EDT
Into Madagascar’s Jungle
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Like Darwin’s Galapagos Islands, the island of Madagascar is one of the most dynamic ecological habitats in the world. Widely recognized as one of the world’s top three “biodiversity hotspots”, the island is home to over 200,000 plants and animals, many of them found nowhere else on earth.

Steve Goodman is one of the world’s leading Madagascar wildlife researchers. The conservation biologist is also one of this year’s MacArthur Fellows.

In this radio diary, he takes us deep into the jungles of Madagascar for a look at life in a vibrant but precious ecosystem.

Guests:

Steve Goodman, biologist at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History, 2005 MacArthur Fellow.

 
 

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