A Lufkin man “flipped out” recently when learning his research paper on dolphin chemo sensory recognition was published in peer-reviewed journal Science Advances.
Jason Bruck, an assistant professor of biology at Stephen F. Austin State University, inherited his love of animals from his father, a veterinarian, and his mother, a wildlife rehabilitator.
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