Ornithologist (bird scientist), poet, and author Drew Lanham was recently awarded the Macarthur Genius Grant—$800,000 with no strings attached. But despite his deep love for birds he almost never studied the creatures at all. As a young man, he won a full-ride scholarship to any school he wanted, only this ...
*Content warning: this episode contains descriptions of violence that might be disturbing to some listeners.*
Herpetologists do a lot of unique things while studying lizards—cut their toes, pump their stomachs, and capture them by lassoing their necks. That one small word, “lasso,'' wasn't always the word used in the discipline. Herpetologist Earyn ...
Jasmin Graham loves sharks. I mean, really loves sharks. And she always dreamed of becoming a university professor to encourage other people of color interested in shark science. But then, something happened to Jasmin in grad school that caused her to give up her dream. So what does she do ...
*Content warning: this conversation contains mentions of animal injuries, death, and the topic of suicide.*
Veterinarians deal with death so frequently that they have some of the highest suicide rates of any occupation. Dr. Hollis Stewart has worked with many animals – from domesticated pets in New York City and Fez, ...
Back in the 1900s, coyotes were kind of like wolves– you could mostly find them in forests and other areas far away from humans. Now, coyotes are everywhere, and Dr. Christopher Schell decided to find out why.
Hyenas might be the most misunderstood animal – Are they dogs? Big cats? Evil, trouble-making sidekicks? (Thanks, Lion King!) Dr. Christine Wilkinson relates to this ambiguous perception as a bi-racial woman, and especially one working in the fields of science and conservation.
What do you do when you get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study Jaguars in the Panama rainforest but you can’t find childcare? Bring your kid along! In the first episode of season two of Going Wild, Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant tells of an expedition searching for an elusive creature in the ...
On the new season of Going Wild, podcast host and acclaimed wildlife ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant explores the human drama of saving animals, bringing more stories of her own and highlighting the stories of fellow conservationists who put their lives on the line to protect the world around us. Listeners ...
