Urban Wildlife Podcast

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Raccoons (not really Nazis) and Raccoon Dogs Dec 05, 2016

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Learn more about your cute, furry, smart, and sometimes destructive mesopredator neighbors. Christian Hunold, political scientist and urban wildlife photographer extraordinaire, joins us as guest host has we hear about German (not exactly Nazi) raccoons from researcher Ulf Hohmann, about … Continue reading →

Lions and Tegus and Deer! Find them in the Park Next Door Nov 19, 2016

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Get wild right down the street. This episode we podcast from the Wissahickon Valley in Philadelphia and talk about the wild parks right next to or right in our cities. We hear from Akshay Vishwanath of the Friends of Nairobi … Continue reading →

Parakeets Invade! Nov 06, 2016

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What are rose-ringed parakeets doing in London, or in Tokyo, or Amsterdam, or in Glasgow…? Learn about how escaped pets birds are colonizing cities around the globe. Matt Halley joins us to talk about his own parrot field work and … Continue reading →

Bonus: Awesome Turtles and Youth Research Assistants Oct 21, 2016

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What’s cooler than turtles breaking a bite-o-meter? High school urban ecology research assistants, that’s what! We had so much great conversation with Tobias Landberg from Episode 13 that we’re posting some more of it as a bonus episode. Tony and Tobias … Continue reading →

Assisting Axolotls, Transplanting Toads, and Preserving Pond Turtles Oct 13, 2016

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Urban wildlife can’t always take care of itself. Herpetologist Tobias Landberg of Arcadia University joins us as we take our podcast to Mexico City with Luis Zambrano of the Reserva Ecologica del Pedregal de San Angel and a project to … Continue reading →

Bonus: Nature on Tour, and Synanthropic Organism – the Song! Sep 26, 2016

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Tony Croasdale was always a birder. But before he was a podcast host, an environmental educator, or a biologist, he was a anarcho punk star with R.A.M.B.O. This bonus episode features Tony’s ex-bandmate and fellow naturalist Bull Bolo, Liam Wilson of the … Continue reading →

Urban Birding, Part 2 Sep 11, 2016

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Any city in the world you go, you will find birders. To prove it we bring you conversations with guest host Keith Russell, of Audubon PA, as well as birders from around the world. In Part 2 Tykee James and … Continue reading →

Urban Birding, Part 1 Sep 11, 2016

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One Man’s Pest is Another’s Gorgeous Rattlesnake Aug 21, 2016

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It’s hard to appreciate wildlife when it’s eating your food or giving you asthma. Michelle Niedermeier of the Penn State Cooperative Extension’s Integrated Pest Management program joins Billy and Tony to talk about how to get along with our non-human neighbors without … Continue reading →

Fruit Bats, Prairie Dogs, and Sausage Weasels Aug 01, 2016

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No theme this week, just an episode jam packed with some of our favorite urban mammals: We talk about the fruit bats (flying foxes) that call Australian cities (and lots of Asian and African cities too) home with Maree Treadwell Kerr of … Continue reading →

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