How 96 rare sea turtle hatchlings survived a NY City summer
On this episode, the largely untold [and very heartwarming] story of how 96 critically endangered sea turtle hatchlings survived this past summer in New York City—with help from dedicated scientists a...
11 Dec 201827min
Bill McKibben is down on COPs but bullish on climate action
On this episode, we check in about the upcoming international climate summit (COP24, early December 2018) with top American author and climate activist Bill McKibben, to discuss its prospects and the ...
27 Nov 201815min
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
