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Mammal mania and marsupial mayhem — the weird, wild world of zoology
Kris Helgen has helped name and discover around 100 species of mammal, travelling to many fascinating places to find them.
He's traversed volcanic caters in Papua New Guinea, savanna grasslands of Kenya, and ventured deep into the forests of the Andes.
Kris also spends much of his time in the dark depths of natural history museums, stumbling upon the forgotten pelts and unnamed specimens languishing in filing cabinets.
For the past five years he has been the chief scientist at the Australian Museum Research Institute, and is flipping the narrative entirely on where we think mammals came from.
Further Information
First broadcast in February 2023.
Kris recently left our shores for Hawaii, where he has been appointed the President and CEO at Hawaii's Bishop Museum.
You can find more information about the research Professor Helgen conducted while in Australia at the Australian Museum website.
Find out more about the Conversations Live National Tour on the ABC website.
