Danger has always been a part of zoologist Alan Rabinowitz's career, dating back to his work tracking jaguars in Belize in the '80s. But the work he describes in "Life in the Valley of Death: The Fight to Save Tigers in a Land of Guns, Gold, and Greed," probably tops anything he has done in the past. The book tells the story of Rabinowitz's efforts to establish a tiger preserve in Burma, where he faced not only natural barriers like rough terrain and disease but also the military dictatorship of a poverty-stricken population. Now back on firmer ground, the executive director of the Science and Exploration Program at the Wildlife Conservation Society based at the Bronx Zoo will read from and discuss his book at the Harvard Museum of Natural History tonight. 6 p.m. Free. Harvard Museum of Natural History, 28 Oxford St., Cambridge. 617-495-3045. hmnh.harvard.edu
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