career option for students.

David Lonsdale arrived last week after being invited by Bermuda College to host a series of lectures as part of its annual science week.

Mr. Lonsdale has worked in zoos and aquariums for 30 years.

He was previously curator of the Bermuda Museum, Aquarium and Zoo and was one of the scientists in charge at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago for 17 years.

Bermuda Science Week, now in its fifth year, was inspired by, and up until now, has been funded by Corange Pharmaceutical company, which gave a substantial endowment to the Bermuda College in 1994.

Dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences Roy Wright said: "The week's purpose is basically to show that science has a value as a whole field and that the various fields are connected in many ways.'' Today and tomorrow Mr. Lonsdale will be hosting lectures at the Bermuda High School for Girls, the Bermuda Institute and Warwick Academy "to encourage students to get involved in future scientific careers''.

"There are some wonderful career opportunities these days,'' he said, "and it doesn't matter whether students choose biology, physics or chemistry because they are all inter-linked.'' Also taking place on the Bermuda College campus will be public and master-class lectures in which the marine biologist will give slide presentations based on his own scientific area.

But Mr. Lonsdale's primary target audience is young people.

"I would ask people not to develop tunnel vision when it comes to science,'' he said.

Speaker: Bermudian aquarist David Lonsdale.