The Expeditions Report podcast series offers an insider’s look at what it’s like to live and work in the field. In this episode, Associate Curator and microbiologist Susan Perkins describes her long-term study of malarial parasites and their host lizard, work that draws her back again and again to Saba Island—a relatively unspoiled paradise in the Caribbean.

Learn more about Dr. Perkins' work here: bit.ly/1C3ffev

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