When it comes to amphibian and reptile biodiversity, the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains in South America stand out. A new survey of 'herps' in and around Manu National Park in Peru by UC Berkeley postdoc Rudolf von May and his Illinois colleagues Alessandro Catenazzi and Edgar Lehr recorded a greater biodiversity -- 287 species, some new to science - than any other protected area in the world, including the previous leader in Ecuador.
Full Story: http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/02/18/manu-national-park-in-peru-sets-new-biodiversity-record/
New work in English from a Tijuana poet, critic and artist.
With graduate poet Dimiter Kenarov.
Introduced by UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies Graduate student, Jennifer Reimer.
Heriberto Yepez is a native of Tijuana, Baja California. He teaches philosophy at the Autonomous University of Baja California (AUBC) and his poetry, as well as his critical and theoretical writings, shows the influence of his philosophical interests, his interest in information systems, and his engagements with cultural clash, as well as cultural theory. Yepez' work is not easily confined within generic boundaries, and his collaborations with other artists and academics reveals an intellecutal and creative fluency in multiple...