Title:

Science of Shells and Slimes

Have you ever gone rock pooling, jumping across pools of waters looking for shells? You must have come across many creatures known as molluscs. Examples include the tiny snails to the famous conch, which is still used in temples. But did you know, there are plenty of these creatures which are non-marine too. This talk will explore molluscs which have a large diversity and but are not well known and even less appreciated. Aravind will try explain why we need to study and conserve these 'less charismatic' species of animals.

About the speaker : Speaker: Aravind Madhyastha

Aravind Madhyastha is a Senior fellow and convener of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation at ATREE, Bangalore. He aims to understand diversity, systematics, evolution and conservation of non-marine mollusks and amphibians. He also uses citizen science to communicate and analyze the biodiversity data for conservation.