In this lecture he features slides taken of wildlife in the past year in Costa Rica, Galapagos Islands, Kenya and Tanzania, Trinidad, Tobago and North America. Ulrich has compiled a library of 120,000 transparencies, including more than 400 bird species and 100 mammal species. A former high school biology teacher, Ulrich turned to freelance wildlife photography full-time in 1976. His photographs have been published in National Wildlife, Audubon, Ranger Rick and other publications. His awards have included 1987 international wildlife photographer of the year in the animal behavior category and winner of the 1987 Outdoor Writers scavenger hunt photo contest.
Admission is free.
Call 872-4200 for reservations. GCRL is located at East Beach Drive and Halstead Road in Ocean Springs. The Laboratory is one of three coast campuses of the University of Southern Mississippi's Institute of Marine Sciences.