Steve Van Dyck

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Dr. Steve Van Dyck is the Senior Curator of vertebrates at Queensland Museum, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Steve Van Dyck was instrumental in the rediscovery of the endangered Mahogany Glider in 1989.

[edit] Honour

Steve Van Dyck has been awarded the 2008 Queensland Museum Medal.

Van Dyck was awarded the medal for his considerable talent in discovering a number of new species and also for behavioural studies of Australian mammals. The medal was presented to Steve Van Dyck by the Queensland Arts Minister Rod Welford in February, 2008.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ Google listing of articles about Steve Van Dyck's Queensland Museum Medal

[edit] External links

• Steve Van Dyck biography — Queensland Museum website
• Academic paper by Steve Van Dyck - .pdf file
• Rare whale found on central Qld beach
• Call to wipe out dingoes over kid attacks, The Australian, Australia - 22 Apr 2007
  • Letter to editor