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John Vaillant’s ‘The Tiger,’ Protecting Wild Tigers, Wheat Genome
Podcast 82: The true story of a tiger in the Russian far-east that killed a poacher for revenge. Efforts to save wild tigers from the brink of extinction. First draft sequences of wheat genome released. »
Saving Wild Tigers
Forum 20: Wild tigers are on the decline globally. Today there are less than 4000 of them in 13 countries. Can we save the last remaining tigers? We talk to tiger biologist, John Seidensticker. »
Serengeti’s Conservation Battles, Whiskey Biofuel, Bacteria in Space
Podcast 81: Controversy over proposal to build a road through Tanzania's Serengeti National Park. Scientists have made biofuel from whiskey byproducts. A newly found bacteria survived a year in space. »
Whaling – Politics, Science & Ethics
Forum 15: The International Whaling Commission is considering lifting a moratorium on commercial whaling. Marine biologist Stephen Palumbi says that might not be a good idea for endangered whale species. »
Naming Planets in Hebrew, Toward Copenhagen, Mayan Daily Life
Podcast 40: Danish Climate Minister on new climate treaty. The Israelis are trying to give Hebrew names to Uranus and Neptune. And environmentalists are trying to get wildlife of the Vietnamese menu. »
Cyprus Water Woes, Conservation Refugees, Saving Kenya’s Lions
Podcast 37: Cyprus is facing dire water shortage. Conservation movement has created many refugees. Kenya is proposing a controversial plan to save its lions. »
Our All-Animal Special: Jags, Crocs, Seals and Tasmanian Devils
Podcast 28: We present you with an all-animal podcast. We have stories about creatures in Canada, Cambodia, Australia and Panama. »
A Painter-Astronaut, Green Amsterdam, Creationism in Turkey
Podcast 22: An artistic astronaut. The G8 and climate change. An anti-Darwinist in Turkey. Saving wildlife in Kenya. »
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
