Earth & Sky

Canopy Meg's tales from the treetops

Margaret D. Lowman, better known as "Canopy Meg," in Panama.
Photo: CanopyMeg.com

Nature offers a lot of opportunities for families to bond.

That’s one message of “It’s a Jungle Up There: More Tails From the Treetops.” Margaret Lowman is a highly acclaimed tree canopy ecologist at the New College of Florida, and she co-authored the book with her two sons. In it, she talks about raising her family as a scientist-mom doing research together in the rainforest. Earth & Sky’s Jorge Salazar caught up with her at the 2007 meeting of the Ecological Society of America.

Written by Jorge Salazar

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2 Comments for Canopy Meg's tales from the treetops

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   Oct 8, 08:59 AM #

   nikisha says:

   Hi Dr. Lowman,
   My name is Nikisha and I’m a student at Venice Middle School. In science class, I’m doing a research report on “Science Super Stars” and it would be really nice if you could answer a few questions i have to ask about your life as a scientist. I hope you can answer me back.

   1. Is it hard doing what you do?

   2. Did you know you wanted to be a scientist when you were a young person like me?

   3. What kind of challenges do you have to deal with in the tree tops of the rain forrest?

   4. What do you think your most important contribution has been to science?

   Thank you for your help! Nikisha
2. Oct 8, 02:12 PM #

   Deborah Byrd says:

   Hi Nikisha,

   I’m not sure Dr. Lowman will be coming back to this page. This is Earth & Sky’s website … not Margaret Lowman’s website. You will find Margaret Lowman’s website here.

   Good luck on your project!

   Deborah