Unusual tool-using chimp culture discovered in the Congo
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 years of research, their findings include an entire...
16 Apr 201926min
Sloths' amazing survival skills create a challenge for their survival
Dr. Rebecca Cliffe joins us to challenge myths about sloths like the popular perception of them as lazy creatures: moving slowly is a survival strategy that has been so successful in fact that sloths ...
2 Apr 201920min
Studying secretive humpback dolphins through sound
How do you study a marine mammal that lives in waters so murky that it can hide from you in plain sight, even in shallow water? On this episode we speak with marine biologist Isha Bopardikar, a resear...
19 Mar 201915min
Amazon explorer Scott Wallace: Uncontacted indigenous peoples are a true treasure
"The uncontacted and isolated tribes represent a true treasure," National Geographic writer and author Scott Wallace says in this episode. "Their knowledge of the rainforest, of the medicinal properti...
5 Mar 201927min
How sound can save a rare bird with an AI assist
On this episode we speak with Oliver Metcalf, lead author of a new study using bioacoustics and machine learning (artificial intelligence or "AI") to study a very rare bird in New Zealand. We play som...
20 Feb 201916min
Good news from Mexico monarch reserve despite looming threats
On this episode we hear from Mongabay's Mexico City-based contributor Martha Pskowski who recently traveled to central Mexico during the winter 'high season' when tourists flock to see monarch butterf...
5 Feb 201921min
We need nature more than nature needs us: IUCN's Inger Andersen
The IUCN is probably best known for its Red List of Threatened Species, a vital resource on the conservation statuses and extinction risks of tens of thousands of species. But the IUCN does much more ...
23 Jan 201935min
Sound can save forests and major rainforest trends to watch with Mongabay's founder
Mongabay founder and CEO Rhett A. Butler joins the podcast to discuss the biggest rainforest storylines to watch in 2019, and a major new paper he co-authored in Science that looks at how bioacoustic...
8 Jan 201925min
