US: Illinois College students, professors going to Cuba to study ghost orchids
Particularly, Lawrence Zettler, professor of biology and two students, Justin Mably of Pleasant Plains and Shannon Skarha of Hillsboro, Missouri, will be working alongside Ernesto Mujica in identifying and studying rare ghost orchids in Guanahacabibes National Park on the island's westernmost tip.
Bryan Arnold, an assistant professor of biology and expert on vampire and pallid bats, will be working alongside his Cuban counterpart, Jose Manuel, during that time.
IC faculty and students have made two previous trips to Cuba, forged from a friendship built several years ago between Zettler and Mujica. But this trip will be capped by an important five-year agreement that will give both sides access to experts in the field.
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