ZSL Wild Science Podcast
Delve into topical issues in zoology, conservation and the environment, from saving species and protecting the planet, to finding out about the animals living across the globe, including in London’s own river Thames. Learn more about the science behind the conservation work being done by ZSL and others, in this podcast from ZSL’s Institute of Zoology. Hosted previously by Dr Monni Böhm and Ellie Darbey, and now by Harriet McAra.
- Update frequency
- every 38 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 47
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
ZSL #007: Ten years on the EDGE of Existence
Monni is joined by co-presenter Claudia Gray to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of ZSL's EDGE of Existence Programme. This unique conservation programme aims to save wildlife that’s Evolutionary Di…
ZSL #006: Wildlife of the West African Savannah: unfamiliar and under threat
The West African Savannah stretches 1,600,000 square kilometres across 12 countries, ranging from dense rain forest to arid grassland. It once hosted rhinos, giraffes, lions and other charismatic meg…
ZSL #005: The state of the Thames
Since being declared ‘biologically dead’ in 1958, the River Thames is now considered a global conservation success story of a recovering urban estuary. Monni talks to guests working on a range of con…
ZSL #004: Conserving the mountain chicken frog: understanding and mitigating an amphibian disease outbreak
The mountain chicken frog became critically endangered after an outbreak of the amphibian fungal disease chytridiomycosis, which caused an 85% decline in population on its home island of Dominica, an…
ZSL #003: Saving pangolins: Earth’s most trafficked wild mammals
To mark World Pangolin Day, Monni and guests discuss the plight of pangolins: the odd-looking scaly-anteater victims of an illegal wildlife trade that has brought them to the brink of extinction. Alt…
ZSL #002: Fishing in the Arctic - is there a sustainable approach?
In our second episode, we discuss the northern ocean, which has only recently become accessible after the retreat of Arctic ice. Fishing vessels, including destructive bottom trawlers, can now ventu…
ZSL #001: Can I protect the planet? How our daily decisions impact biodiversity decline
In this first episode of the ZSL Wild Science podcast, we interview speakers taking part in a debate at the Zoological Society of London: ‘Global biodiversity decline is not impacted by my daily deci…