{"678621":{"#nid":"678621","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The Lizard King of Long Island","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EEnvironmental journalist and author Ben Goldfarb reveals the story of how one biologist spread a non-native species of lizard across the Northeast. According to Goldfarb, Queens College professor of biology Jon Sperling secretly captured, bred, and released Italian wall lizards for many years.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cRegardless of how much you love lizards\u2014and I love lizards a lot\u2014you can\u2019t do that,\u201d says\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/james-stroud\u0022\u003EJames Stroud\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cThey are incredible organisms to watch, and they\u2019re beautiful. I can understand his perspective, but I can\u2019t agree with his actions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EEnvironmental journalist and author Ben Goldfarb reveals the story of how one biologist spread a non-native species of lizard across the Northeast. According to Goldfarb, Queens College professor of biology Jon Sperling secretly captured, bred, and released Italian wall lizards for many years.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cRegardless of how much you love lizards\u2014and I love lizards a lot\u2014you can\u2019t do that,\u201d says\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/james-stroud\u0022\u003EJames Stroud\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cThey are incredible organisms to watch, and they\u2019re beautiful. I can understand his perspective, but I can\u2019t agree with his actions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2024-11-25 16:05:01","changed_gmt":"2024-11-26 15:04:47","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"The New Yorker","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/the-weekend-essay\/the-lizard-king-of-long-island","dateline":{"date":"2024-11-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-11-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"7116","name":"lizard"},{"id":"185936","name":"invasive species"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}