Natural Alternatives Series host John Turner, one of Long Island's preeminent natural history experts, interviews Frank Quevedo and Greg Metzger of the South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center. Founded in 1988, it provides both educational resources and research capabilities to the eastern Long Island community. Our island is home to truly unique ecosystems and organisms. Hear about the Montauk blue spotted salamander, Eastern box turtle and the importance of horseshoe crabs to globe trotting red knots! Learn about vernal pools with plants found nowhere else (thus being unique)!

Did you know that Long Island has been discovered to be one of a very few Great White Shark nurseries?Do you wonder if baby Great Whites resemble their parents? Listen in to find out. The South Fork Natural History Museum has an entire shark research program which tags sharks, monitors their returns from year to year, and expands our knowledge of this mysterious group of marine creatures. Find out all the types of sharks found to date by this multi-year study. These experts will help you learn why we should cherish and protect sharks, not fear them.