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Baltimore, urban rats, and environmental justice
Episode 74
Urban pests like rats have been in the news due to the US President calling Baltimore "rat and rodent infested." He isn't the first American politici…
6 years, 11 months ago
Celebrated author David Quammen on inspiring ecological restoration, evolutionary science, and more
Episode 73
David Quammen is an award-winning science writer, author, and journalist covering the most promising trends in conservation and evolutionary science …
6 years, 11 months ago
Hear the right whales discovered singing for the first time
Episode 72
Jessica Crance is a research biologist who recently discovered right whales singing for the first time. While some whales like humpbacks and bowhead…
6 years, 11 months ago
New CITES boss on the next COP, reining in online wildlife trafficking, and more
Episode 71
We speak with Ivonne Higuero, new Secretary General of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora — better k…
7 years ago
Zoos are more key to conservation than ever, Bronx Zoo director says
Episode 70
Jim Breheny is the director of the Bronx Zoo in New York City and joins the Mongabay Newscast to discuss the contributions zoos make to global biodiv…
7 years ago
What can talkative river dolphins can teach us about their marine relatives?
Episode 69
Gabriel Melo-Santos studies Araguaian river dolphins in Brazil — his work has revealed that the species is much chattier than we'd previously known, …
7 years, 1 month ago
How to discover an untouched rainforest
Episode 68
Ecologist Julian Bayliss used satellite imagery, drones, and technical climbing to make a big discovery last year, an untouched rainforest atop a vi…
7 years, 1 month ago
Paying for healthcare with a healthy rainforest
Episode 67
Kinari Webb founded Health in Harmony, providing healthcare to people to save Indonesian rainforests. She realized that most illegal deforestation ha…
7 years, 2 months ago
Unusual tool-using chimp culture discovered in the Congo
Episode 66
Primatologist Cleve Hicks leads a research team that has discovered a new tool-using chimp culture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After 12 …
7 years, 2 months ago
Sloths' amazing survival skills create a challenge for their survival
Episode 65
Dr. Rebecca Cliffe joins us to challenge myths about sloths like the popular perception of them as lazy creatures: moving slowly is a survival strate…
7 years, 3 months ago