The Naturalist PodcastSports, Science, Wilderness
The Naturalist PodcastSports, Science, Wilderness
The Naturalist PodcastSports, Science, Wilderness
The Naturalist PodcastSports, Science, Wilderness

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  • The Naturalist Podcast Season 2 Episode 36: Earth through Molly’s lens.
    Anthony talks to the talented Molly Ferrill about her life in wildlife conservation, videography, and travel. If you’d like to folly Molly’s adventures you can find her at: http://www.mollyferrill.com IG: mollyferrill Freeland Film Festival: https://ww...
  • The Naturalist Podcast Season 2 Episode 35: Flowers and Gates at the Edge of the World with the Cryptonaturalist
    Sea meets the Cryptonaturalist, aka Jarod K. Anderson in the spring age of Forsythia. Conversation runs wide and deep. Anthony keeps it all together and with at least a few toes on the ground. Check out Jarod’s work at: https://www.amazon.
  • The Naturalists Episode 34: Conserving Southeastern Peru with Chris Ketola
    Sea and Anthony have a chance to talk with Chris Ketola, who runs biodiversity programs for the not-for-profit “Fauna Forever” (http://Faunaforever.org) in Southeastern Peru. Talk of bats, reptiles and amphibians,
  • The Naturalists Episode 33: Exploring Southeast Australia with Maggie Galbraith
    We have Maggie Galbraith a naturalist from Southeast Australia with Sea and Lev to discuss fall in the Southern Hemisphere, BlackBirdersWeek, and the announcement of our first photography contest! You can find Maggie’s photography under the account “Ma...
  • The Naturalists Episode 32: Spring in the Time of COVID
    Sea and Lev have a chance to catch up on a weird and quiet spring in the time of COVID, and try out video for the first time… available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/b29RmTyQBhg
  • The Naturalist Podcast Episode 31: Going Offshore with Kate Sutherland
    Sea gets a chance to talk about Black-capped Petrels, Beaked Whales, and getting back into academic science with Kate Sutherland of Seabirding.com . Brief highlights from Kate’s review of “Oceanic Birds of the World” by Howell and Zufelt.
  • The Naturalist Podcast Episode 30: Lev in Ethiopia with Endemics, Many Quelea, and the Pantene Monkeys
    In the heat of the summer, Lev shares his adventures from a trip to Ethiopia, a place of extremes of climate and spectacular biodiversity. From the Gelada and Ethiopian Wolves of the Bale Mountains, to Stresemann’s Bushcrow of the plains,
  • The Naturalist Podcast Episode 29: Seaside Sparrows, Climate Change, and Reaching Out with Corina Newsome
    Sea had a chance to talk with ornithologist and science communicator Corinna Newsome about salt marsh nesting birds, finding routes to natural history as adult, and what diversity and representation mean in science.
  • The Naturalist Podcast Episode 28: The Giant Otters of the Amazon with Jess Groenendijk
    Sea and Lev have a great conversation with science communicator and nature writer Jess Groenendijk about her recently published “The Giant Otter: Giants of the Amazon” , conservation in an era of change, and hope.
  • The Naturalist Podcast Episode 27: On Carrie Bow Cay with Lauren, Isaac, and Colin
    In this episode Sea gets to talk with Lauren, Isaac, and Colin students from St. Mary’s College of Maryland, The National Public Honors College (http://www.smcm.edu) about their first experiences at the Carrie Bow Cay Field Station (https://naturalhist...
  • The Naturalist Podcast Episode 26: Nature Journaling with Marley Peifer
    Lev and Sea had a chance to talk with Marley Peifer, an educator with The Occidental Arts and Ecology Center about nature journaling, cognition, and the roots of our interest in the world around us. Marley’s work can be found at http://marleypeifer.com
  • The Naturalist Podcast Episode 25: Awaiting Spring, and thinking about Warmer Weather
    Lev and Sea have a chance to catch up and compare notes on spring. Lev talks about winter in the neotropics and the start of his guiding season with Humpback Whales, Ocellated Turkey, and upcoming trip to Ethiopia.
  • The Naturalist Podcast Episode 24: Caves, Fishprints, and Conservation with Dante Fenolio
    Sea and Lev have a chance to talk with Dante Fenolio, Vice President of Conservation and Research at the San Antonio Zoo. Dante’s passionate approach to conservation takes him around the world from Appalachian streams to the huge cave systems of China...
  • The Naturalist Podcast Episode 23: Islands, Continents, and Squirrels with David Hembry
    In this episode, Sea and Lev get a chance to talk with David Hembry, an Evolutionary Ecologist who works on island insect-plant mutualisms, and has wandered extensively around the central Pacific islands. Between David’s islands and Lev about to trave...
  • The Naturalist Podcast Episode 22: Rita talks flowers, sharks, and scallops
    Lev and Sea have a chance to talk with Rita Steyn, a marine ecologist and science communicator newly in Florida by way of South Africa. The conversation wanders from the change of seasons in North America and South Africa,
  • The Naturalist Podcast Episode 21: Tackling prickly issues with Anthony Porter
    Lev and Sea are joined this week by Anthony Porter who is an environmental educator experiencing the first touches of fall in Minnesota. Talk of kids, bears, wonder and flying squirrels. And of course, Anthony’s porcupine friend Thistle.
  • The Naturalist Podcast Episode 20: In the Pacific Northwest with Brendan McGarry
    Our guest this episode is Brendan McGarry, a Naturalist living and working in the upper Skagit River Basin and the Cascade mountains. We had a great conversation about the swifts living in his chimney, variability in wildflower season from year to yea...
  • The Naturalist Podcast Episode 19: Summer Dragonflies, Reports from the Flow Edge, and Strong Feelings about Jurassic World
    In this summer episode we wonder just how to define the season. Dragonflies and damselflies prove to have more secret hiding spots in the Great Northern Boglands, as well as more common cousins to the south.
  • The Naturalist Podcast Episode 17: Arctic Natural History with David Shaw
    In this episode we compare the East and West arctic regions of North America with Alaska naturalist, wildlife photographer, and guide, David Shaw. Dave introduces us to the arctic coastal plain, Lev plans out the check list for the ‘flow edge’ region ...
  • The Naturalist Podcast Episode 16: Nature Club Adventures
    In this episode we get to talk to John Dillon and Janna, who are part of the Minden High School Nature Club in Louisiana. We talk about what has made for the exceptional popularity of the club, and cover some of the amazing adventures that members and...