Ian Tattersall and Stanley A. Freed will discuss Dr. Freed’s new book, Anthropology Unmasked: Museums, Science, and Politics in New York City, which delves into the lively history of the Museum’s Division of Anthropology from its earliest days.

Authors James Gould and Carol Gould discuss their latest book, Nature’s Compass which explores the various ways animals navigate around the world and the many factors that are endangering animal navigation in today’s climate.

Researchers are racing to uncover the implications for the Artic of rapidly vanishing polar ice—and they’re enlisting help from the very creatures that stand to gain the most from their discoveries: narwhals, and bowhead and beluga whales.