Venomous River: Changing Climate, Imperiled Forests, and a Scientist's Race to Find New Species in the Congo

Join herpetologist Eli Greenbaum on his race to identify a multitude of unidentified species in the Congo, a volatile African region overcome with population pressure, military oppression, and climate change. These are the backdrop challenges to the science pursued by Dr. Greenbaum in this timely work worthy of Darwin.

Venomous River chronicles a field scientist’s search for new species in the Congo Basin, one of the world’s great crucibles of biodiversity, in the face of climate change. Alt...