From Earth & Sky:

Mom-scientist juggles family and career from treetops

Program #5325 of the Earth & Sky Radio Series
with hosts Deborah Byrd, Joel Block, and Jorge Salazar

Taking children into nature can be a bonding experience for families, and it can make for some good adventures.

Margaret Lowman is an acclaimed tree canopy ecologist at New College of Florida. She and her two sons, Edward and James, are the co-authors of “It’s a Jungle Up There.” It’s their account of growing up together doing rigorous science research high up in the trees.

Earth & Sky Interview with Meg Lowman

Earth & Sky Clear Voices interview with Meg Lowman

On July 30, Meg Lowman was on The Leonard Lopate Show.

Eight years after the publication of Life in the Treetops, globetrotting rainforest biologist and single mother Margaret Lowman is here in the urban jungle with her son and co-author Edward Burgess. They’ll share their new collection of stories filled with science and adventure from Peru to Samoa.