Baltimore, urban rats, and environmental justice
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 politician to use this kind of rhetoric to demean communiti...
6 Aug 201928min
Celebrated author David Quammen on inspiring ecological restoration, evolutionary science, and more
David Quammen is an award-winning science writer, author, and journalist covering the most promising trends in conservation and evolutionary science for the past 30 years. We invited him on the show t...
23 Jul 201942min
Right whales discovered singing for the first time: new recordings
Jessica Crance is a research biologist who recently discovered right whales singing for the first time. While some whales like humpbacks and bowheads are known for their melodious songs, none of the ...
9 Jul 201918min
New CITES boss discusses reining in online wildlife trafficking, the next COP, and more
We speak with Ivonne Higuero, new Secretary General of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora — better known by its acronym, CITES. The first woman to ever...
25 Jun 201951min
Zoos are more key to conservation than ever, Bronx Zoo director says
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 biodiversity conservation. While many question the releva...
12 Jun 201929min
What can talkative river dolphins teach us about their marine relatives?
Gabriel Melo-Santos studies Araguaian river dolphins in Brazil — his work has revealed that the species is much chattier than we'd previously known, and could potentially help us better understand the...
28 Mai 201924min
How to discover an untouched rainforest
Ecologist Julian Bayliss used satellite imagery, drones, and technical climbing to make a big discovery last year, an untouched rainforest atop a virtually unclimbable mountain in Mozambique (an "ins...
14 Mai 201931min
Paying for healthcare with a healthy rainforest
Kinari Webb founded Health in Harmony, providing healthcare to people to save Indonesian rainforests. She realized that most illegal deforestation happens when villagers have to pay for medical care, ...
30 Apr 201932min
