Wolves return to Europe: what to do about them is a people problem – podcast

More Europeans are having to learn how to live alongside predators again. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.

Gemma Ware, Editor and Co-Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation • conversation
Jan. 4, 2024 • ~4 min

Which zoo animals are most active in winter and what times are best to see them?

Not all animals retreat to their shelters in cold weather.

Samantha Ward, Associate Professor of Zoo Animal Welfare, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Dec. 27, 2023 • ~6 min

Policy framework for coexisting with wolves, bears and mountain lions could benefit both people and the environment

Setting guidelines for human coexistence with carnivores usually falls to local community leaders. An expert explains why the federal government should step in.

Neil Carter, Associate Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Michigan • conversation
Aug. 22, 2023 • ~10 min

Wildlife wonders of Britain and Ireland before the industrial revolution – my research reveals all the biodiversity we've lost

I have spent five years tracking down more than 10,000 accounts of wildlife by naturalists, travellers, historians and even poets, all written between 1529 and 1772

Lee Raye, Associate Lecturer in Arts and Humanities, The Open University • conversation
July 17, 2023 • ~34 min

Drivers who are frustrated, distracted — and rusty

Traffic stats show that roadway deaths spiked during the pandemic. Can it be that we were not only distracted and frustrated, but also out of practice?

Alvin Powell • harvard
July 6, 2022 • ~11 min

How reindeer eyes transform in winter to give them twilight vision

There’s more to reindeer than meets the eye.

Robert A E Fosbury, Honorary professor, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, UCL • conversation
July 1, 2022 • ~7 min

Wolves are returning to European farmland – but they're not motivated by a taste for sheep

Wolves killing livestock are seizing an opportunity for a meal in a landscape with little natural prey.

Peter Sunde, Professor of Applied Wildlife Ecology, Aarhus University • conversation
Feb. 22, 2022 • ~7 min

How to live with large predators – lessons from Spanish wolf country

A farming community in north-west Spain may hold the answer to coexistence with wild carnivores.

Hanna Pettersson, PhD Candidate, Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds • conversation
Nov. 15, 2021 • ~7 min

Harvard researchers make sense of ancient fossils using 3D

Harvard and Chinese scientists study Cambrian fossils using micro-CT and 3D models.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Sept. 14, 2020 • ~11 min

Do dogs really see in just black and white?

Your faithful friend's view of the world is different than yours, but maybe not in the way you imagine.

Nancy Dreschel, Associate Teaching Professor of Small Animal Science, Pennsylvania State University • conversation
July 2, 2020 • ~6 min

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