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The following list contains recordings of guest presentations as part of the Tanner Lecture Series, exploring a range of topics related to the environment, biology, conservation, and the natural world.
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Cutthroat Trout: The History of a Western North American Native (part 1)

This lecture was given on November 11, 2019 by Dennis Shiozawa from Brigham Young University as part of the Bean Life Science Museum's Tanner lecture series.
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Cutthroat Trout: The History of a Western North American Native (part 2)

This lecture was given on November 11, 2019 by Dennis Shiozawa from Brigham Young University as part of the Bean Life Science Museum's Tanner lecture series.
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The Rising Star Fossil Discoveries and the Mysterious Homo naledi (part 1)

This lecture was given on March 14, 2019 by John Hawks from the University of Wisconsin–Madison as part of the Bean Life Science Museum's Tanner lecture series.
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The Rising Star Fossil Discoveries and the Mysterious Homo naledi (part 2)

This lecture was given on March 14, 2019 by John Hawks from the University of Wisconsin–Madison as part of the Bean Life Science Museum's Tanner lecture series.
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Thinking Locally About Global Change

This lecture was given on November 6, 2018 by Richard Gill from Brigham Young University as part of the Bean Life Science Museum's Tanner lecture series.
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Plants of JRR Tolkien's Middle Earth

This lecture was given on March 29, 2018 by Walter S. Judd from the University of Florida as part of the Bean Life Science Museum's Tanner lecture series.
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Snakes - The Evolution of Mystery in Nature

This lecture was given on November 16, 2017 by Jack W. Sites from Brigham Young University as part of the Bean Life Science Museum's Tanner lecture series.
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Barking Up New Trees - Letting Immatures Have Their Say

This lecture was given on March 23, 2017 by David Wagner from the University of Connecticut as part of the Bean Life Science Museum's Tanner lecture series.
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The Amazing Role of Social Behavior - (even) in Fishes

This lecture was given on March 31, 2016 by Ingo Schlupp from the University of Oklahoma as part of the Bean Life Science Museum's Tanner lecture series.
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Mammals of the Philippines

This lecture was given on November 12, 2015 by Eric Rickart from the Utah Museum of Natural History as part of the Bean Life Science Museum's Tanner lecture series.
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Why Should We Care About Polar Bears?

This lecture was given on March 26, 2015 by Steve C. Amstrup, from Polar Bears International and adjunct professor at the University of Wyoming, Laramie as part of the Bean Life Science Museum's Tanner lecture series.
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Weaving Science, the Arts, and Society to Care for the Tapestry of Nature!

This lecture was given on November 13, 2014 by Nalini Nadkarni from the University of Utah as part of the Bean Life Science Museum's Tanner lecture series.
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Natural history and aesthetics: why should we care about nature?

This lecture was given on March 27, 2014 by Harry Greene from Cornell University as part of the Bean Life Science Museum's Tanner lecture series.
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The importance of cryptic diversity for conservation and natural history

This lecture was given on March 28, 2013 by Bruce Baldwin from UC Berkeley as part of the Bean Life Science Museum's Tanner lecture series.
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Using Museum Resources to Understand How Species Respond to Climate Change

This lecture was given on April 26, 2012 by Craig Moritz from UC Berkley as part of the Bean Life Science Museum's Tanner lecture series.
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A Lifetime of Days: How Fishes Can Save Your Life

This lecture was given in March 2011 by Mark Belk from Brigham Young University as part of the Bean Life Science Museum's Tanner lecture series.
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Developing Entomological Science While Chasing Bugs: 15 Years of Exploration in Mongolia

This lecture was given on March 24, 2012 by Jon Gelhaus from the Academy of Natural Sciences and The Mongolian Aquatic Insect Survey as part of the Bean Life Science Museum's Tanner lecture series.
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So You Think You Can Dance? The Tango of Honey Bee Pollination

This lecture was given in November 2010 by Leigh Johnson from Brigham Young University as part of the Bean Life Science Museum's Tanner lecture series.
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Here Today and Gone Tomorrow: Honey Bee Colony Collapse

This lecture was given in November 2010 by Shawn Clark from Brigham Young University as part of the Bean Life Science Museum's Tanner lecture series.
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The Past, Present, and Future of Madagascar’s Biodiversity

This lecture was given in March 2010 by Anne Yoder from Duke University as part of the Bean Life Science Museum's Tanner lecture series.
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BYU's Lytle Preserve: a Natural Laboratory on the Cutting Edge of Biological Research

This lecture was given in March 2009 by Ian Baldwin from Max Planck Institute of Jena, Germany as part of the Bean Life Science Museum's Tanner lecture series.
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Giant Galapagos Tortoises

This lecture was given in March 2008 by Jeffery Powell & Adalgisa Caccone from Yale University as part of the Bean Life Science Museum's Tanner lecture series.
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Designing nature reserves: Lessons from Western North America and East Africa

This lecture was given in November 2007 by Bill Newmark from Museum of Natural History at the University of Utah as part of the Bean Life Science Museum's Tanner lecture series.
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The Origin of Species: Examples from the Plant Genus Tragopogon (Asteraceae)

This lecture was given in March 2007 by Pam Soltis from the Florida Museum of Natural History as part of the Bean Life Science Museum's Tanner lecture series.
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