Tanzanian herpetologist John Lyakurwa was born and raised in a village at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro. The chameleons he and his family encountered on their coffee farm sparked his interest in reptiles. “I learned quickly that they posed no harm to humans,” he told Mongabay. After secondary school, Lyakurwa studied for a bachelor of … Continue reading The value of mountains: Q&A with Tanzanian herpetologist John Lyakurwa