Laboratory of Saharan Biology

Abstract

THE extent of investigations carried out by the French in the Sahara is Well known to the British scientific world, and not a few British biologists have made that desert a field of their researches. In the past, such explorations have had to take the form of more or less arduous expeditions, which prevented more lasting observations requiring a convenient and suitably equipped base. The need of establishing such a base was recognized by French authorities some years ago, and all biologists interested in desert life will be glad to know of the existence of a Laboratory of Saharan Biology (Laboratoire de Biologie Saharienne) at Beni-Ounif, in the south of the Oran province of Algeria and on the border of French Morocco.