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Mongabay.com: The dark side of new species discovery
By Laurel Neme, special to mongabay.com December 21, 2011 This interview originally aired on March 14, 2011. It was transcribed by Kirstin Fagan. Part 1 of this interviewScientists and the public usually rejoice when a new species is discovered. But biologist Bryan Stuart has learned the hard way that the discovery of new species, especially when that…
Read MoreMongabay.com: Herpetology curator: behind-the-scenes of ‘new species’ discoveries
By Laurel Neme, special to mongabay.com December 18, 2011 This interview originally aired on March 14, 2011. It was transcribed by Kirstin Fagan. Part 2 of this interview Bryan Stuart’s mission as a curator of amphibians and reptiles at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is to understand the diversity of life on…
Read MoreMongabay.com: Seahorses Under Stress
By Laurel Neme, special to mongabay.com November 21, 2011 This interview originally aired on January 17, 2011. It was transcribed by Dustin Circe. With about 25 million seahorses sold each year, global consumption of seahorses is massive. They’re used in traditional Asian medicine and also sold as curios and aquarium pets. Over the last decade, overexploitation and habitat…
Read MoreMongabay.com: Covert Creatures: The Clandestine Lives of Seahorses
By Laurel Neme, special to mongabay.comNovember 15, 2011 This interview originally aired on January 17, 2011. It was transcribed by Dustin Circe. Seahorses are strange looking creatures, with a horse’s head on top of a kangaroo’s pouched belly, bulging, swiveling chameleon eyes, a prehensile monkey tail, color-changing armor and a royal crown, all shrunk down to…
Read MoreThe WildLife: Nature Walks and Backyard Wildlife, Mark Fraser
Naturalist Mark Fraser shares his enthusiasm for wildlife and reveals simple things you can do to help wildlife in your own backyard. He takes “The WildLife” host Laurel Neme on a “virtual tour” of New England forests to meet local “residents” from fishers to coywolves to salamanders and songbirds. This episode of “The WildLife” originally…
Read MoreThe WildLife: Conservation Working Dogs, Megan Parker
Megan Parker, Executive Director and co-founder of Working Dogs for Conservation, talks about using detection dogs for wildlife conservation. She tells “The WildLife” host Laurel Neme how she trains dogs to detect wildlife samples, including plants, animals, seeds and scat. The dogs are often able to uncover what wildlife biologists can’t easily see or find, and they…
Read MoreThe WildLife: Wildlife Documentaries, Carol Foster
Wildlife filmmaker Carol Foster reveals her secrets for filming wildlife in a manner that captures natural actions in a manner that does not disturb the animals. She tells “The WildLife” host Laurel Neme, about the special jungle studio that she and her filmmaker husband, Richard Foster, have constructed in the Belize which allows them…
Read MoreThe WildLife: Nature in Iraq, Anna Bachmann and Hana Ahmed Raza
Anna Bachmann, Director of Conservation for Nature Iraq, and Hana Ahmed Raza, their mammals specialist, discuss wildlife and nature in Iraq. They tell “The WildLife” host Laurel Neme how, after 35 years of wars and sanctions, Iraq’s environment is in dire need of care and attention. In order to rebuild the country’s natural foundation, more information…
Read MoreThe WildLife: Discovery of New Frog Species in Ecuador, Alejandro Arteaga
Alejandro Arteaga, a 19-year-old university student, talks about his discovery of a new frog species living in Ecuador’s Andean highlands, the Bamboo Rain-Peeper (Pristimantis bambu). He tells “The WildLife” host Laurel Neme how he and his colleagues traipsed through the forest late at night searching for tiny creatures with the aid of headlamps. The result was many seemingly…
Read MoreThe WildLife: The Secret Life of Seahorses, Helen Scales
Helen Scales, author of Poseidon’s Steed: The Story of Seahorses from Myth to Reality, reveals the unusual anatomy and strange sex lives of seahorses. She tells “The WildLife” host Laurel Neme that seahorses live mysterious lives, tucked away out of sight on the seafloor, and provides insights into their strange characteristics, including: kangaroo-like pouches for the males to…
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