Latest Instituteofzoology Podcast Episodes
ZSL #038 Extinct in the wild: the vital role of conservation zoos and aquariums in saving species on the brink of extinction
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - March 28, 2023 23:08 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe world is facing a crisis of species extinction, however targeted efforts in conservation biology can provide a glimmer of hope. A new study led by ZSL, published recently in Science, is the first to assess animals and plants categorised as ‘Extinct in the Wild’ by the IUCN’s Red List of Thre...
ZSL #037 How can we recover nature in our cities: rewilding, reconnecting habitats and restoring rivers
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - December 20, 2022 12:44 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIt’s no secret that cities are generally perceived as spaces of little conservation relevance, yet local urban wildlife underpins a range of ecosystem services. In a time where rapid changes in the climate are causing more extreme natural events, wildlife is disappearing and we are becoming more...
ZSL #036 What lies beneath: investigating the amazing world of wildlife pathology
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - December 09, 2021 08:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsPathology is the science of diagnosing diseases by observing physical changes in animal cells and tissues, either in living, or more commonly dead animals. In this episode, our host Ellie Darbey will explore the unseen…or rather, unheard world of wildlife pathology with the help of ZSL’s experie...
ZSL #035 Nature-based solutions - putting nature at the heart of global climate change and biodiversity science-policy agendas
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - October 05, 2021 11:18 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe anthropogenically driven climate crisis and unprecedented rates of biodiversity loss are both threatening the foundations of economies, livelihoods, food security, health and quality of life worldwide. Treating these two crises separately can be ineffectual or even deepen the problem. A rece...
ZSL #035: Nature-based solutions - putting nature at the heart of global climate change and biodiversity science-policy agendas
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - October 05, 2021 11:18 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe anthropogenically driven climate crisis and unprecedented rates of biodiversity loss are both threatening the foundations of economies, livelihoods, food security, health and quality of life worldwide. Treating these two crises separately can be ineffectual or even deepen the problem. A rece...
ZSL #034 Marine habitat restoration in the UK: tales of oysters, saltmarsh, kelp, and seagrass
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - August 06, 2021 14:56 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsCoastal marine habitats are essential to the health of our marine ecosystem, and hold both environmental and social importance. They provide valuable ecosystem services, but for decades they have been impacted by harmful human activities. In her final episode as host, Monni Böhm will be joined b...
ZSL #033 Putting reptiles on the map: ZSL Science for reptilian conservation
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - May 19, 2021 08:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsReptiles - lizards, snakes, turtles and crocodilians – make up almost one third of all land vertebrate species on Earth, and also occur in many marine and freshwater systems. Yet despite their amazing diversity, reptiles remain hugely underrepresented in conservation research and action, when co...
ZSL #032 Coral reefs: running the gauntlet of climate change
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - April 01, 2021 10:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsCoral reefs are the most biodiverse marine ecosystems in the world, and more than 500 million people worldwide rely on coral reefs for their livelihoods, food security, and coastal protection. However, coral reefs are impacted by several threats, including rises in sea-surface temperature due to...
ZSL #031 Habitat loss and human health – understanding the links between ecosystem degradation and infectious disease outbreaks
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - March 04, 2021 12:06 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAfter more than a year of Covid-19 impacting global populations, health systems and economies, one of the major questions being asked was how did this start, and how can we prevent it from happening again? As we humans increasingly disturb our planet’s natural habitats and convert them to agricu...
ZSL #030 Can surveillance technology and social science address rule-breaking and wildlife crime?
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - February 02, 2021 11:22 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsLaw breaking, such as poaching or fishing inside marine reserves, is a great challenge to conservationists because research is often complicated by ethics and data privacy. However, important technological progress has been made in recent years, especially in the fields of surveillance and vesse...
ZSL #029 The future of biodiversity conservation - different dimensions of conservation thinking
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - December 22, 2020 10:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsConservationists are working hard to stem global biodiversity loss. Yet, just like biodiversity itself, the conservation movement is very diverse, with a variety of ideas shaping its framing, purpose and application. In this episode, Monni and co-hosts Yara Shennan-Farpón, Helen Muller and Thala...
ZSL #028 What's next for rewilding?
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - December 11, 2020 11:24 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsRewilding has emerged as a captivating, but controversial, concept in conservation. Depending on how rewilding is defined, it aims to increase “wildness” of nature, regenerate ecosystem functioning, develop self-sustaining ecosystems, or a combination of these. Join Monni as she finds out from t...
ZSL #027 Madagascar's missing megafauna: life after lemurs, hippos and elephant birds
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - May 14, 2020 12:01 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMadagascar is famed for its incredible biodiversity and charismatic lemurs, but has also seen extensive loss of natural habitat. Monni finds out from a panel of Madagascar aficionados what the island has been like in the past and what the challenges are for its surviving wildlife. How big is an ...
ZSL #026 Shifting tides: how can small-scale fisheries help address the Sustainable Development Goals?
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - February 10, 2020 15:30 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsSmall-scale fisheries (SSFs) provide around two-thirds of the world’s catch intended for human consumption, and support 90% of employment in the fisheries sector, therefore should have a huge role to play in achieving some of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Despite this, they are barel...
ZSL #025 Can badger vaccination help eradicate bovine TB?
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - December 12, 2019 11:41 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFor decades, conservationists, vets and farmers in the UK have been at loggerheads about the best way to manage bovine tuberculosis (bTB). This cattle disease is a huge burden on the farming industry and can pass between cattle and badgers, making it difficult to eradicate. In this episode, Mon...
ZSL #024 Street-smart animals - incorporating cognitive behaviour into conservation efforts
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - November 25, 2019 09:56 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHuman-induced urbanisation, invasive species and land clearing are changing the environment at a far quicker pace than animals are able to evolve. Cognitive mechanisms can play a crucial role in determining how well animals adapt to this change. In this episode, Monni and a team of experts explo...
ZSL #023 Indigenous knowledge and conservation management: challenges and opportunities
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - October 18, 2019 15:16 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIndigenous communities around the world possess an extremely rich body of knowledge about local environmental resources and biodiversity, which has the potential to be an invaluable conservation tool. However, this local ecological knowledge is being progressively eroded worldwide. Hear Monni an...
ZSL #022 Can we find better ways to live with wildlife?
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - August 05, 2019 12:07 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsPeople and nature depend on each other, and although humans are needed to manage and protect nature, conservation practices can interfere with human livelihoods and create conflict between groups of people with competing interests. In this episode our guest host Charlotte Coales teams up with fo...
ZSL #021 World Swallowtail Day
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - June 06, 2019 13:23 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsJune 9th is World Swallowtail Day, and what better way to celebrate than with a trip to ZSL’s Butterfly Paradise to marvel at swallowtails, their bird poo mimicking larvae and get a good sniff of the osmeterium. The what? Find out in this episode, where Monni and guests discuss important conserv...
ZSL #020 Marine plastic pollution: the science story
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - May 17, 2019 13:15 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHold your breath while we remain underwater for this next episode - Monni and a team of specialists investigate the science behind marine plastic pollution. What are the impacts of plastic on wildlife, people and our coasts? What are the future avenues for tackling this issue? What can each one ...
ZSL #019 How electronic animal tracking has revolutionised marine conservation
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - April 24, 2019 16:21 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe marine environment is vast and until recently its sheer size and inaccessibility have hindered our ability to understand the impacts of environmental changes on marine life. Monni and a team of marine wildlife experts reveal how advances in electronic tracking equipment have allowed us to r...
ZSL #018 Rewilding in a changing climate
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - February 27, 2019 15:18 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsConservation often tries to restore habitats to what they were - but given that our climate is changing fast, this kind of ecosystem restoration may no longer be possible. Monni and guests explore how rewilding can help build resilient ecosystems for the future. Why is rewilding often so content...
ZSL #017 Giving animals choice: how our zoo keepers use science to positively impact animal welfare
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - January 31, 2019 14:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMonni teams up with ZSL's Behavioural Management Committee (BMC) to find out how giving animals choice positively enhances their welfare and how this is put into practice every day at our zoos. What is the BMC and what happens at 'enrichment evenings'? How do you assess the welfare needs of an a...
ZSL #016 Wildlife and wellbeing in urban landscapes
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - December 10, 2018 14:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsNearly half of the world’s human population lives in urban environments and this is projected to increase in future. While many species suffer the effects from urbanisation, other species thrive (or at least persist) in our urban landscapes. Monni and guests explore what creatures are lurking in...
ZSL #015 Biodiversity indicators: getting the measure of biodiversity and what it all means
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - November 13, 2018 10:17 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMonni explores the ins and outs of biodiversity indicators with IOZ’s Indicator and Assessments Research Unit. Biodiversity indicators are measures of how biodiversity is doing worldwide, and we see them reported in the media: the Living Planet Index, for example, was recently published as part ...
ZSL #014 A new era for shark conservation? Protecting ‘flat sharks’, rays and angels
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - October 03, 2018 09:33 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMonni and guests explore a new era of shark conservation, focusing on protecting the lesser-known ‘flat sharks’ and rays, such as sawfishes, angel sharks, wedgefishes stingrays and guitar sharks. Large coastal sharks have a greater exposure to habitat degradation and fishing compared to offshore...
ZSL #013: Cetacean by-catch: casting the net for solutions
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - September 07, 2018 09:10 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsBy-catch is defined as the accidental entanglement of non-target species in fishing gear and is a principal cause of strandings for cetaceans. Monni is joined by researchers from the Cetaceans Strandings Investigations Programme (CSIP) and its partners to discuss by-catch as both a welfare and ...
ZSL #012: ZSL at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2018
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - July 04, 2018 09:30 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this special mini-episode join Monni at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition for a teaser of what our researchers will be talking on our ZSL stand ‘Where the Wild Things Are’. Learn about the camera traps, tags and trackers being deployed around the world to study and monitor wildlife ...
ZSL #011 Can we still save coral reefs?
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - June 26, 2018 15:30 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMonni is joined by co-presenter Rachel Jones to navigate the hot waters of threats to coral reefs. Speakers discuss their experiences and stories from over 30 years' of research into the beauty and importance of these bio-diverse ecosystems. Even away from direct threats such as pollution, the p...
ZSL #010: Species in the red: behind the scenes of the IUCN Red List
ZSL Wild Science Podcast - May 30, 2018 15:30 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWe have probably all heard about threatened species that are close to extinction, but how do we measure this? Monni travels to the IUCN Red List Unit in Cambridge to find out about the ins and outs of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the world’s most comprehensive inventory of the extinc...
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