We live in a time of rapidly disappearing species and loss of critically important habitat. Is this the end of the world as we know it? Not according to Dr. Russell Mittermeier, President of Conservation International, and Dr. Michael Tobias, President of Dancing Star Foundation; but it is a battle, a colossal struggle to save tens-of-thousands of species including those found in places that scientists call "biological hotspots."

Hotspots are areas with the richest and most threatened reservoirs of plant and animal life on earth. This special advance screening comes on the wake of decades of field research by hundreds of scientists in hotspots throughout the world, and three years of filming throughout California, New Zealand, Madagascar, Brazil, Peru, and Easter Island.

Those who attended saw stunning and important discoveries that were previously unknown to science and filmed for the very first time. The film focused on some of the 35 known terrestrial hotspots and the amazing life they hold. Filmmakers Dr. Michael Tobias, Jane Morrison, Don Cannon and Karine Dinev of the Dancing Star Foundation attended the event. After the documentary, there was a discussion with the filmmakers led by Museum Curator of Invertebrate Zoology Dr. Eric Hochberg.

Tickets: were available to SBMNH members and students $8; non-members $10. Seats were limited.