Mongabay Explores the Great Salamander Pandemic, Part 6: Hellbenders and super spreaders
Hellbenders are North America's largest salamanders, living in rivers and growing to an incredible length of over two feet. Eastern newts are tiny and terrestrial, but both are susceptible to a fungal...
29 Juli 202051min
Finding nature in the city
More than half of the world's population now lives in urban areas. And thanks to the COVID pandemic, many of us who are city-dwellers have spent at least part of the past several months on lockdown in...
22 Juli 202036min
Mongabay Explores the Great Salamander Pandemic, Part 5: Policy possibilities?
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service imposed a trade ban on 201 salamander species in 2016 in order to prevent the import of the the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans ('Bsal') which coul...
15 Juli 202033min
Does trophy hunting support or hurt conservation?
On this episode we take a look at the ongoing debate over trophy hunting 5 years after the killing of Cecil the Lion sparked global outrage: he was a famous attraction for tourists and photographers v...
8 Juli 20201h 8min
Mongabay Explores the Great Salamander Pandemic, Part 4: The 'Bsal battalion'
North America (and the US in particular) is the world's hotspot of salamander diversity, hosting about 1/3 of all species. Researchers think that about half of these may be susceptible to a deadly fun...
1 Juli 202030min
Animals have culture, too, and for some it's crucial to their survival and conservation
Animal societies have culture, too, as science keeps showing us ever since Dr. Jane Goodall first pointed it out, and on this episode we explore the culture and social learning of sperm whales, scarle...
23 Juni 202059min
Mongabay Explores the Great Salamander Pandemic, Part 3: On the Hunt
Reporter Benji Jones and wildlife disease ecologist with U.S. Geological Survey, Daniel Grear, join this special edition of Mongabay's podcast to discuss the hunt for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans...
11 Juni 202027min
Conservation leaders create community & opportunity amid current crises of violence and viruses
On this episode we look at how current environmental crises intersect with two others: the pandemic and the systemic racism and police brutality that have sparked protests around the U.S. and world in...
10 Juni 202032min
