HeyJaredWild Connection
Often we forget that we human beings are animals. Wild Connection, is where Dr. Jennifer Verdolin investigates our similarities and differences with other animals, what we can learn, and how we can reconnect, not just with ourselves and each other, but with nature to improve…
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Urban Wildlife and the Cities We Build with Chris Schell (opens the original)
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Two coyote pups, closely related, born in the same city but raised in different neighborhoods can grow up with completely different behavior and survival strategies. Urban ecologist Dr. Chris Schell explains why, and what it reveals about the cities we build.
Can Seals Think? Marine Mammal Cognition with Dr. Kevin Woo (opens the original)
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Marine mammal cognition researcher Dr. Kevin Woo reveals what’s actually going on inside the minds of seals and sea lions navigating the noise and traffic of New York Harbor. Their surprising comeback may be one of the clearest signs the harbor’s ecosystem may be recovering.
An Arrogant Ape: Human Exceptionalism, Animal Minds, and Rethinking Our Place in Nature with Dr. Christine Webb (opens the original)
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Humans like to imagine we’re special and separate from “animals,” but primatologist and author Dr. Christine Webb joins me to show how that story distorts our science, our relationships, and our place in nature. Through field stories with baboons and gorillas, we explore what changes when we remember that we are animals too.
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