Conservation Biologist Taylor Edwards is an Assistant Staff Scientist at the University of Arizona's Human Origin’s Genotyping Laboratory where he oversees public testing for National Geographic's Genographic Project (an innovative project where people can trace their ancestry back 60,000 years using DNA). His background is a combination of wildlife ecology and molecular biology and he combines the two in his conservation research. He has also worked in the Department of Mammalogy and Ornithology at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, a world-renowned natural history museum dedicated to education and conservation. An aficionado on reptiles and amphibians, Taylor has served as the president of the Tucson Herpetological Society. At home in deserts and rainforests, his research has taken him to China, Brazil, Mexico, Namibia and Cameroon. He has led trips with National Geographic Expeditions to Costa Rica, Panama, and the Galápagos Islands. He is a reptile and amphibian expert, so be prepared to gain a new appreciation of creepy, crawly things!