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We don’t talk enough about phosphorous

October 6, 2023 Environment, Science and Technology, Think

Brown University professor Stephen Porder joins host Krys Boyd to discuss hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus and how these building blocks of life affect the climate.

Why we should love the insects we hate

November 4, 2022 Environment, Science and Technology

Host Krys Boyd talks with behavioral ecologists about wasps and bees, and a professor of animal sentience about flies to explore all the wonderful ways their tiny minds work.

Wasps are ‘pests’ worth protecting

September 16, 2022 Environment, Science and Technology

Professor Seirian Sumner discusses the wild world of wasps, which she says have an undeserved reputation as nature’s bad guys.

Beyond the hive mind, bees are smarter than you might think

August 3, 2022 Environment

Professor Lars Chittka discusses the sentience of bees – from their ability to learn to having an emotional life – and the moral obligation we have to help them survive.

What Indigenous Cultures Can Teach Climate Scientists

November 25, 2019 Environment, Global Issues, Science and Technology

Ecologist Alejandro Frid joins us to talk about integrating Western science with ancient traditions.

How Urban Wildlife Is Evolving

April 3, 2018 Environment

Urban ecologist Menno Schilthuizen joins us to talk about how lizards, birds and other creatures are adapting to better live alongside us.

Observing Climate Change From Above

October 22, 2015 Environment

We’ll talk with Greg Asner, an ecologist with the Carnegie Airborn Observatory, about taking to the skies to take the Earth’s temperature. Asner is featured in “National Geographic” magazine’s November issue devoted to climate change.

Lion Conservation

October 5, 2015 Environment

We’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.

Fighting Extinction

September 15, 2015 Environment

We’ll talk about efforts being made to save endangered species – and about how these efforts make the planet less wild – with M.R. O’Connor, author of Resurrection Science: Conservation, De-Extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things.