Learning What Our Ancestors Ate with Stable Isotope Analysis of Amino Acids
Thomas Larsen and Patrick Roberts of the Max Planck Institute of the Science of Human History join us to discuss how we can learn about early hominins diets using stable isotope analysis. The abstract...
9 Juni 202223min
Dams and Their Evolutionary Consequences
In this episode, we're joined by Liam Zarri, PhD student at Cornell University, and Dr. Eric Palkovacs, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. They ...
11 Maj 202224min
Drought Response and the Decline of Eastern Oaks
In this episode, we're joined by Kim Novick, Associate Professor in the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, Richard Phillips, Professor in the Department of Biolo...
19 Apr 202233min
Public Engagement Benefits Scientists
The positive effects of scientist engagement with the general public are well documented, but most investigations have focused on the benefits to the public rather than on those performing engagement ...
23 Feb 202241min
Minority-Serving Institutions and Grant Review Representation
While numerous studies have described the funding discrepancies faced by scientists at minority-serving institutions (MSIs), there is a relative paucity of information available about MSI-based scient...
10 Feb 202239min
Resist–Accept–Direct, a Paradigm for Management
Natural resource managers worldwide face a growing challenge: Global change increasingly propels ecosystems on strong trajectories toward irreversible ecological transformations. As once-familiar hist...
6 Jan 202233min
In Their Own Words: Thomas Lovejoy III (Republication)
The American institute of Biological Sciences, publisher of the BioScience Talks podcast, mourns the loss of visionary ecologist Thomas E. Lovejoy III. Dr. Lovejoy was the AIBS President in 1994. In 2...
30 Dec 202145min
Coral Reefs: Insults and Prospects
In this episode of BioScience Talks, we're joined by Dr. Michael Lesser, Professor Emeritus at the University of New Hampshire. He's here to talk about his recent BioScience article, which details the...
16 Dec 202131min
