Singing seals and a discussion of the "infrastructure tsunami" sweeping the planet
In this episode we feature Dr. Bill Laurance of James Cook University in Cairns, Australia, talking about his team's work documenting the planetary infrastructure boom and the need for more positive, ...
17 Maj 201755min
Deep dive into marine wildlife study with bioacoustics
On this episode of the Mongabay Newscast, we speak with Leah Barclay, a sound artist, acoustic ecologist, and researcher with Griffith University in South East Queensland, Australia. We discuss the ev...
3 Maj 201755min
Eyes in the skies for forests, plus mangrove finches on the rebound
On this episode we speak with Crystal Davis, the director of Global Forest Watch, a near-real-time forest monitoring system. GFW uses data from satellites and elsewhere to inform forest conservation i...
18 Apr 201735min
Tech solutions for conservation and a chat with Harvard researchers
During this episode we speak with Sue Palminteri, editor of Mongabay's WildTech site which highlights high- and low-tech solutions to challenges in conservation. She shares with us some of the most in...
4 Apr 201752min
Musician Paul Simon discusses his new environmental concert tour
On this episode of the Mongabay Newscast, we're thrilled to feature a conversation with the one and only Paul Simon, who's just announced a tour in support of the environment. The 12-time Grammy-winni...
21 Mars 201754min
Almost Famous Animals - plus the songs of galagos
On this episode of the Mongabay Newscast, we welcome contributing editor Glenn Scherer to the program, who is responsible for Mongabay's "Almost Famous Animals" series, which just wrapped up its secon...
7 Mars 201744min
Author and climate historian Naomi Oreskes on why scientists should speak out
With so much uncertainty around the new Trump Administration's environmental priorities, especially its energy and climate policies, this episode is dedicated to trying to answer some of the biggest q...
21 Feb 201758min
Reporter Sue Branford on journalism from the Amazon that makes a difference
This week we speak with journalist Sue Branford, a regular contributor to Mongabay who has been reporting from Brazil since 1979 for the BBC and others. Branford is one of the writers behind a hard-hi...
7 Feb 201740min
