Aussie Biologist's Roadkill Laboratory - Tim Flannery

Tim Flannery is not a biologist by university degree. He learned his science the old fashioned way -- by hopping on a motorbike and riding around Australia, decapitating marsupial roadkill and collecting specimen for study. But his English background makes him a wonderful communicator. The 2007 "Australian of the Year" spent years of study around the South Pacific, studying animals in Australia, New Guinea, and other smaller islands. A collection of his essays is recently published, titled An Explorer's Notebook: Essays on Life, History and Climate.