In the Tops of the Trees

Even the plants that grow in the high canopies of Costa Rican cloud forests are essential to the forest ecosystem as a whole. Nalini Nadkarni instills her tree top climbing and scientific passions in everyone she meets, from prisoners to young girls to the community at large. Nadkarni even has her own tree-top Barbie. Guest: Nalini Nadkarni, director of the STEM Ambassador Program and professor of Biology at the University of Utah