E.O. Wilson discusses Half-Earth and conservation solutions
On this episode we share a progress report on the Half-Earth Project (an ambitious effort to set aside half the world for nature) direct from legendary conservation biologist E.O. Wilson. In this ret...
13 Nov 201830min
Chasing penguins, a dispatch from Antarctica
In a dispatch from Antarctica's McMurdo Station, Mongabay friend Dr. Michelle LaRue discusses her sixth deployment to the icy continent to document emperor penguin populations, a species that is an im...
30 Okt 201826min
Racing to save the world's amazing frogs
On this episode, we discuss the global outbreak of chytrid, which is probably the largest global wildlife disease event in recorded history, with an expert on the front lines fighting its spread. Our ...
18 Okt 201836min
Bats and Ebola: studying fruit bats to prevent future outbreaks
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 outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A pri...
2 Okt 201824min
Getting social for science and conservation
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 marketing principles for conservation. A Fellow with...
18 Sep 201825min
'Godfather of biodiversity' says it's time to manage Earth as a whole system
Dr. Thomas Lovejoy coined the term "biological diversity" in 1980 and his work since has helped establish the preservation of global biodiversity as one of the most important conservation issues of ou...
5 Sep 201820min
The amazing song skills of the superb lyrebird
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 episode we explore the incredible ability these crea...
21 Aug 201833min
Beavers, our brilliant ecosystem builders
You might not think of beavers as remarkable, but they are actually brilliant ecosystem engineers whose dams mitigate flooding, improve water quality, and boost groundwater levels, and they also provi...
7 Aug 201833min
