Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka

In this episode, I talk all about imposter syndrome. Part of the reason why I am talking about imposter syndrome is because we’re starting off in a new year!

I also just started my second cohort of st…

Why do I care about connecting people to nature? Well, it is incredibly important for me to get people outdoors, connecting to nature because that is so important in raising future conservationists t…

Hey everyone. I am so excited about today’s episode. I really truly mean that today I interviewed a special guest. Her name is Lisa Mills and she is the founder of elephant origins tea. I love this f…

I interviewed Master's student Hannah Som on her journey to becoming a student and what she learned as a student in the first round of my Confusion to Clarity program. We talk about how she transform…

The holiday season is here! Here in the US, I’ve seen it shift massively towards consumerism over the past few decades – gifts of course, but also more gifts than ever before, massive yard displays o…

Black Friday is the official kickoff for the holiday buying season. As a conservationist, I know that buying stuff is inherently bad for the planet. But as the daughter of a family business, I know t…

What’s the deal with coyotes? It seems like people are seeing them more and more and some coyotes have unusual behavior. What’s going on? 

People also seem to really hate them, but do they deserve suc…

This week Colorado citizens voted to reintroduce grey wolves on their prey. Historically, grey wolves were all over the west, but currently they extirpated (locally extinct) through most of their ran…

This week’s episode is inspired by photos posted to a Facebook group. A user posted these photos of part of a deer carcass high in a tree. They asked what animal would cause this? I watched the respo…

A week ago, I made a YouTube video in response to a cougar “attack/stalking” video that went viral. But what was missing from the cougar viral video is what actually happened. That’s where I came in …

This is the fifth episode in a series all about how I actually studied elephants. For my Ph.D., I studied the social structure and genetic patterns of African forest elephants in Gabon. Here I follow…

This is the fourth episode in a series all about how I actually studied elephants. I recently gave a talk and people were really curious about how I went about this (how does one study elephants?). 

I…

This episode is the third part of a series all about my dissertation research on African forest elephants. People were really curious about how I actually went about this (how does one study elephant…

Welcome back to this series on how I set up my forest elephant research and what it was like to study them. 

In the last episode, I take you through the process of how and why I decided to study Afric…

I chose to study elephants for my dissertation research. But how does one even set something like that up? Where do you begin?

I recently gave a talk to undergraduate students in wildlife studies. I t…

In this episode, I talk with scientist and science communicator Stephanie Martin about a topic near and dear to her heart – barriers to entry in the field of wildlife biology.

A lot of people may not …

Last week in episode #21, I talked about the importance of voting for the conservation of wildlife. This is the perfect follow-episode!

I interview marine scientist and science communicator Dr. Chris …

As a wildlife biologist, one of the most frequently asked questions I get is:

“What can I do to help animals?”

Well this episode is all about that exact topic. And guess what? It’s probably not what yo…

I am so excited – My book on wildlife biology careers is finally available on pre-order for Kindle. The paperback version will be out next month. 

For the past year, I’ve been writing a book on wildli…

Conservation is all about trying to protect and save plants, animals, and other organisms from going extinct. We do this work because we love nature, and it’s tough to read stories about people or or…