Jennifer Kahn joins us to talk about the impossible decision of choosing which endangered species might need to be taken off life support.
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Jennifer Kahn joins us to talk about the impossible decision of choosing which endangered species might need to be taken off life support.
Read moreGeorgetown University cetacean biologist Janet Mann talks about what we’re still learning from dolphins, whales and porpoises.
Read moreSome of our favorite animal experts join us to talk about what we actually know about how animals think and feel – and about the relationship between animals and humans.
Read moreThis hour, we’ll talk about the morality of owning cats, dogs, fish, birds and other animals with bioethicist Jessica Pierce, author of “Run, Spot, Run: The Ethics of Keeping Pets.”
Read moreThis hour, we’ll talk about current research into animal intelligence with Frans de Waal, director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. His new book is “Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?”.
Read moreThis hour, we’ll talk about Wildlife Services, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture charged with protecting livestock – a job that means death to millions of native birds and mammals.
Read moreWe’ll talk about how we can better protect lions with minimal intrusion into their worlds with Craig Packer, director of the Lion Research Center at the University of Minnesota.
Read moreThis hour, we’ll talk about preserving nature’s soundtrack with the author of Voices of the Wild: Animal Songs, Human Din, and the Call to Save Natural Soundscapes.
Read moreThis hour, we’ll talk about what we can learn from dolphins – and about how we can better care for them – with the author of Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins.
Read moreEvery year, tiny birds known as red knots fly 19,000 miles – from the tip of South America to the Arctic and back.
Read moreWe humans share the planet with a myriad of other creatures — ferocious and friendly alike. We’ll talk with a conservation scientist about how to keep it that way.
Read moreWe’ll talk this hour about insight scientists have gained from working with disturbed animals with Laurel Braitman, author of “Animal Madness: How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, and Elephants in Recovery Help Us Understand Ourselves.”
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