About: Dan

As curator of vertebrate zoology, Dr. Brooks has more backbone(s) than anyone at the Museum! He is recognized internationally as the authority on Cracids - the most threatened family of birds in the Americas. With an active research program studying birds and mammals of Texas and the tropics, Brooks advises several grad students internationally. At HMNS, Brooks served as project manager of the world-renowned Frensley-Graham Hall of African Wildlife, overseeing building by an incredibly diverse array of talent by some 50 individuals. He has also created and/or served as curator for various traveling exhibits, including "Cracids: on Wings of Peril".

Posts by Dan:

• Ghost Bird – soon showing at a museum near you!, 03 Aug 2010 in Zoology
• A Rare Gull, an Innocent Query, and a Colossal Fraud, 20 Jan 2010 in Zoology
• New varmits in Farish Hall of Texas Wildlife, 10 Dec 2009 in Zoology
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Specimens of the Dooley-Selden Expedition, 18 Nov 2009 in Zoology
• 100 years – 100 Objects: Okapia johnstoni, 28 Oct 2009 in Zoology
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Egyptian Goose, 04 Aug 2009 in Zoology
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Evelyn and Herbert Frensley Hall of African Wildlife and Graham Family Presentation of Ecology and Conservation Biomes, 07 Jul 2009 in Zoology
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Pink Pigeon, 17 Jun 2009 in Zoology
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Asian Wild Dog (Dhole), 26 May 2009 in Zoology
• Glimpses of Eden: the Pongos Basin of Peru, 20 May 2009 in Zoology
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Black Diamond, 01 May 2009 in Zoology
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Salvaged Bird Casualties, 07 Apr 2009 in Zoology
• On being prey.., 13 Mar 2009 in Science
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Manatee Ribs, 09 Mar 2009 in Zoology
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Albino Raccoon, 09 Feb 2009 in Zoology
• Searching for Elvis, (Jim, Janice and Jimi)…, 22 Jan 2009 in Science
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Arrow Tip Lodged in Buffalo Skull, 20 Jan 2009 in Zoology
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Blue-billed Curassow, 10 Jan 2009 in Zoology
• Searching for a needle in a moving haystack…, 17 Nov 2008 in Zoology
• Ike-ster…what a mess of things you made!, 20 Oct 2008 in Zoology
• One tough decision…, 18 Aug 2008 in Zoology
• The Last Catagonus, 21 Jul 2008 in Zoology