Linnean Podcast #62: What is AI technology doing to museum collections?
Soon nothing will be untouched by the exponential growth of AI technology. It is no surprise that museum collections and biological research has already incorporated these new advancements. So, what...
12 Jul 202323min
Linnean Podcast #61: mining metals with plants!
The increase in demand for electric vehicles has caused an increased demand for the metals needed to produced lithium-ion batteries used in these vehicles. The extraction of these metals has caused de...
23 Jun 202311min
Linnean Podcast #60: not all birds sing!
Do you wake up to early morning Twitter? Not the app that interrupts your sleep and haunts your dreams but the sweet dulcet tones of summer birds. Birdsong, the background score that heralds tropical ...
5 Jun 202310min
Linnean Podcast #59: Lost Rainforests of Great Britain
So much has been lost; so little remains. Few people realise that Britain harbours fragments of a globally rare habitat: temperate rainforest. This is the extraordinary tale of Guy Shrubsoles' que...
13 Apr 202324min
Linnean Podcast #58: Invasive, Native, Non-Native, Alien Plants...what is the difference?
The redistribution of "alien species" around the world accelerated with European colonialism. European powers were responsible for the deliberate and accidental transportation, introduction, and estab...
20 Mar 202320min
Linnean Podcast #57: A Revolutionary Guide to Sex, Evolution and the Female Animal
In the last few decades a revolution has been brewing in zoology and evolutionary biology. Lucy Cooke introduces us to a riotous cast of animals, and the scientists studying them, that are redefining ...
11 Feb 202342min
