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Emperor penguin research dispatch from Antarctica
Episode 55
In a dispatch from Antarctica's McMurdo Station, Mongabay friend Dr. Michelle LaRue discusses her sixth deployment to the icy continent to document e…
7 years, 5 months ago
Racing to save the world's amazing frogs
Episode 54
On this episode, we discuss the global outbreak of chytrid, which is probably the largest global wildlife disease event in recorded history, with an …
7 years, 6 months ago
Bats and Ebola: studying fruit bats to prevent future outbreaks
Episode 53
Sarah Olson is a researcher for the Wildlife Conservation Society and joins us at a moment when Ebola virus is very much in the news due to a recent …
7 years, 6 months ago
Getting social for science and conservation
Episode 52
We take a look at how the social sciences can boost conservation efforts with guest Diogo Verissimo, one of the top researchers focused on adapting m…
7 years, 7 months ago
'Godfather of biodiversity' says it's time to manage Earth as a whole system
Episode 51
Dr. Thomas Lovejoy coined the term "biological diversity" in 1980 and his work since has helped establish the preservation of global biodiversity as …
7 years, 7 months ago
The amazing song skills of the superb lyrebird
Episode 50
Sir David Attenborough says the superb lyrebird has one of "the most elaborate, the most complex, the most beautiful song[s] in the world." In this e…
7 years, 8 months ago
Beavers, our brilliant ecosystem builders
Episode 49
You might not think of beavers as remarkable, but they are actually brilliant ecosystem engineers whose dams mitigate flooding, improve water quality…
7 years, 8 months ago
How dark money and shadow companies deforest Indonesia and derail its democracy
Episode 48
On this episode we explore the latest revelations about "shadow companies" and dark money associated with the palm oil sector, and how they factor in…
7 years, 9 months ago
How to use drones without stressing wildlife
Episode 47
On this episode of the podcast we discuss the increasing use of drones by wildlife lovers, researchers, and businesses, how these uses might be stres…
7 years, 9 months ago
Indigenous knowledge and climate science
Episode 46
Traditional indigenous knowledge and climate change is this episode's topic, with Snowchange Cooperative's Tero Mustonen: "Often in the past, science…
7 years, 10 months ago