Wild & Unprotected: A Conservation Podcast

En este episodio de Salvaje y Desprotegido, la presentadora Catalina Smith conversa con Pablo García Salinas, biólogo marino y director de proyectos enfocado en la conservación de tiburones. Hablan s…

In this episode of Wild and Unprotected, host Ethan Leaman speaks with Pablo García Salinas, a marine biologist and project director focused on shark conservation. They discuss Pablo's unique journey…

Welcome to Season 3 of Wild and Unprotected!!

In this episode of Wild and Unprotected, host Ethan Leaman welcomes Jas Corbett, the media and communications manager for the Manta Trust. They discuss Ja…

In this episode of Wild and Unprotected, host Ethan Leaman speaks with Zach Bell from the Okinawa Kame Centre in Japan. 

They discuss Zach's journey to Japan and how that led him to working with the b…

In this episode of Wild and Unprotected, host Ethan Leaman speaks with Heidy Martinez who is a member of Minorities in Shark Sciences. 

They discuss Heidy's journey into conservation, how impactful th…

In this episode of Wild and Unprotected, host Ethan Leaman speaks with Nicki Boyd, curator of mammals at the San Diego Zoo. 

They discuss Nicki's journey into animal care, the importance of education …

In this episode our guest host Catalina Smith steps in for the week and interviews Grey the founder of Reef Safe PR. Reef Safe is a non-profit based out of Puerto Rico focusing on helping maintain th…

In this episode our host Ethan Leaman interviews Fauz Fath-hee a coordinator for the RahVeshi Programme a project supported by The Manta Trust. 

We discuss the oceanic and reef manta rays that the Rah…

In this episode, Jules Hartl from the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology comes back to the show...but not as a guest...as our special co-host! 

We have a chat with Christine de Silva. A shark scientis…

In this episode, we sit down with Simon Jones, the Founder and CEO of Helping Rhinos, a UK-based organization dedicated to developing habitats, protecting rhinos from poaching, and educating the worl…

We depart from the normal guest type on this weeks episode of Wild & Unprotected. As everyone knows media is an incredibly important part of conservation. Telling a story in a way that captivates is …

In this episode we talk with Jessica Carroll from the Cassowary Conservancy. After this episode it's easy to see how Florida is home to some of the wildest birds on the planet. 
 
Ethan & Jessica talk …

In this episode we are headed to Rincón Puerto Rico to talk with Evan Tuohy the Co-Founder of Isla Mar Research Expeditions. 
Ethan & Evan talk about their student marine biology programs, turning bee…

Season 2 kicks off with a species we never expected to be a part of the show! In this episode our hoss Ethan Leaman meets with Terrance Lee the Deputy Director of the Red Panda Network

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 It's the season finale! In this episode co-hosts Ethan Leaman and Koji Sumalde meet with Javier Fabrega from Marsh Sessions. 

In an episode that's a little different than most this episode dives deep…

 In this episode co-hosts Ethan Leaman and Koji Sumalde meet with Andres Sáenz and Tesa Blowey of from Toucan Rescue Ranch.

Andres is the Vet Supervisor and Tesa is the Release Site Supervisor for Tou…

 In this episode co-hosts Ethan Leaman and Koji Sumalde meet with Dr. Larry Wood from the National Sea Turtle Foundation.

Learn all about Dr. Wood, his journey to leading the program, and how animals …

 In this episode co-hosts Ethan Leaman and Koji Sumalde meet with Jordan Lerma of Cascadia Research Collective.

This episode is jam packed. Talking about whether or not college educations should still…

 In this episode co-hosts Ethan Leaman and Koji Sumalde meet with Dení Ramírez of Whale Shark Mexico.

Thank goodness for Starlink.

Recording from a boat off the coast of Solomon Islands makes for one…

In this episode co-hosts Ethan Leaman and Koji Sumalde meet with Susan Inman from 100 Miles. 

Politicians having their pockets lined, lemur poop, and a conservation journey that goes across the U.S ma…