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Oscar Pérez-Escobar: Mapping The Orchid Tree of Life

By Richard Emblin - September 6, 2025

Colombian botanist Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar, Research Group Leader at Kew Gardens, leads the Orchid Tree of Life project, tracing the evolution of 30,000 orchid species. His research, published in New Phytologist, underscores orchids as “canaries in a coalmine,” vital for biodiversity, conservation, and understanding climate change.

Jorge Tello: Scientific secrets from the Colombian bee hive

By Richard Emblin - March 31, 2020

Bees are humanity’s first line of defense in pest and disease control, but these winged warriors are headed to extinction. Professor Tello wants farmers to turn to api-agriculture.

Esteban Cortázar: The designer who made Colombia fashionable.

By Richard Emblin - April 26, 2018

Esteban Corta?zar puts Colombia and its rich cultural diversity into his stunning fashion collections.

Manuel Peña: A life of service and rescue of Colombians in need

By Richard Emblin - March 29, 2018

As a founding member of Defensa Civil Colombiana, Manuel Peña has coordinated complex operations under tragic circumstances.

Rafael Bonachela of Sydney Dance Company: “Dance is poetry of the body”

By Jacqueline de Klerk - January 27, 2018

The acclaimed artistic director of Sydney Dance Company, Rafael Bonachela, spoke with The City Paper about how music, lighting and movement create a world-class performance.