Last Thursday, March 28, Dr. Torsten Dikow, en entomologist from the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution), shared his love for flies and research on their taxonomy with NOVA faculty and students. In the spirit of early explorers, Torsten recounted his expeditions to different parts of the world, most notably, to Namibia in Africa, and the fascinated world of these seemingly unassuming creatures. Much of the presentation was illustrated by Torsten’s own photographs of flies in their natural habitats. In addition to his research on species discovery, Torsten shared his view on and recent technological advances in cybertaxonomy, an emergent e-science making biodiversity research data freely accessible to anyone.