Mongabay Explores the Great Salamander Pandemic, Part 2: Great diversity and danger
Why are salamanders so incredibly diverse in the United States? Among other things, a fluke of geography contributed to making it the global hotspot of salamander diversity. But now, another pandemic ...
3 Juni 202020min
How listening to elephants can help conserve rainforests
The Elephant Listening Project is a bioacoustics research effort that aims to preserve rainforests of Central Africa--and the biodiversity found in those forests--by listening to forest elephants, and...
27 Maj 202030min
Mongabay Explores the Great Salamander Pandemic, Part 1: Are we ready?
Another pandemic is currently on the march, and it's got salamanders in its sights. You may not have heard about 'Bsal' before, but it nearly wiped out a population of salamanders in Europe, and scien...
20 Maj 202039min
Forest fire season 2020: what will it look like and what can we do?
Australia's fire season may have just ended, but most of the world's tropical forest regions will soon enter their own. We look at what's driving the intense fires in the Amazon, Indonesia, and elsewh...
13 Maj 202046min
How to photograph wildlife ethically and why that's so necessary
At a time when so many people are trying to make photographs of wildlife -- to break the pandemic lockdown blues, or to share on social media -- we speak with two guests about how to do this without h...
28 Apr 202039min
Inspiration for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day amid a global pandemic
What does it mean to celebrate the 50th Earth Day amidst a pandemic? Our guests for this episode provide options and inspiration to mark this important anniversary in the face of a global virus outbre...
14 Apr 202024min
The link between pandemics and the destruction of nature, with John Vidal
Acclaimed environmental journalist John Vidal joins the show to discuss the current pandemic's links to the wildlife trade and the destruction of nature. We speak about his recent Guardian/Ensia fea...
31 Mars 202021min
Songs and sounds of Bering Sea whales and seals reveal a story of change
The songs, calls, clicks, and bumps of beluga whales, bearded seals, bowhead whales, ribbon seals, and walrus are the stars of this episode, which also features the co-author of a recent study that us...
17 Mars 202028min
