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Elephants Cry “Bee-ware!”, Oil Spill & US Climate Policy, Asian Carp
Podcast 65: Elephants are afraid of bees. The oil spill in the Gulf coast may impact U.S climate policy. Efforts to rename an invasive Asian fish. The genetics of regenerating worm heads. »
Darwin in Chile, Reforesting Haiti, Promiscuity in Female Fruitflies
Podcast 56: Charles Darwin witnessed and learned from a devastating earthquake in Chile in 1835. Development experts say reforestation is key to making a more resilient Haiti. »
Darwin’s Life on the Big Screen, Running Barefoot, Trance Music
Podcast 51: Randal Keynes talks about the new movie about his great great grandfather Charles Darwin. The science behind running barefoot. Trance music helps a geneticist get through routine lab work. »
Creation: A Conversation with Darwin’s Descendant
Forum 9: There's a new movie out about the life and works of Charles Darwin. His great great grandson and biographer Randal Keynes talks to us about Darwin's life and legacy. »
Happy Birthday, Darwin!
Podcast 1: The Anglican Church apologizes to Charles Darwin on the naturalist's 200th birthday. Darwin's legacy in S. Africa. And the scientist who scooped Darwin. »
The World Science Forum
The future for tigers looks dismal. Poaching and habitat-loss threaten the last remaining tigers in the wild.
"If there isn’t an incentive to make live tigers worth more than dead tigers, we’ll lose tigers,” says John Seidensticker. He is a conservation biologist at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington D.C. and is an adviser for the Global Tiger Initiative.
Seindesticker is also the guest in our latest World Science Forum.
Learn how we can protect wild tigers. Join the online conversation. The discussion is live now!
The World Science Podcast
