BioScience Talks

This episode features an interview with Professor Roy Sidle discussing food security challenges in the high mountains of Central Asia, including climate complexities and limited agricultural resources.

This episode features an interview with Juan Amador, Executive Director of SACNAS, discussing the organization's 50th anniversary, its mission to advance Chicanos, Hispanics, and Native Americans in science, and upcoming events like the National Diversity in STEM Conference.

This episode features an interview with Samantha Kreling discussing her research on how urban environments drive evolutionary changes in wildlife coloration and appearance.

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This episode features interviews from the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, focusing on the ZUMU initiative to connect zoos and natural history museums.

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This episode features interviews with researchers participating in AIBS's Congressional Visits Day, discussing their botanical conservation work and policy advocacy efforts.

This episode features on-site interviews from the Association of Southeastern Biologists annual meeting, highlighting research presentations and discussions with early career scientists, including an undergraduate's study on estuarine effects on Spartina alterniflora.

This episode features an interview with three ornithologists discussing their recent research trip to the Falkland Islands to study Gentoo penguins and the unique environment of the region.

This episode features an interview with water expert Peter Gleick discussing the destruction of the Kharkovka Dam in Ukraine as an example of water-related conflict and his book on the intertwined history of water and humanity.

This episode features an interview with Aspen Ellis discussing the financial hardships and labor conditions faced by graduate students in life sciences, framed around the largest academic strike in history.

This episode explores how declassified Cold War-era spy satellite imagery is being used to inform current ecological research and monitor global environmental changes.

This episode features an interview with veterinarian Dr.

This episode features an interview with two USGS scientists discussing the successes and challenges of wolf conservation and management in the United States over the past 30 years.

This episode features an interview with NOAA researchers and a marine archaeologist discussing shipwrecks as biodiversity hotspots and research sites, covering both historic and modern wrecks globally.

This episode explores the concept of 'Nature's Chefs' through an interview with researchers discussing how various species, including humans, create food and the evolutionary implications of food-making across the tree of life.

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This episode features an interview with experts Brenda Lin and Erik Andersson discussing the definition, variety, and planning of urban green spaces, focusing on their ecological and human benefits.

This episode features an interview with Robbie Efrain-Diaz, a PhD student in biochemistry and molecular biology, discussing systemic issues in science and efforts to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in the biological sciences.

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This episode features an interview with Brittany Mason and Corey Callaghan discussing their article on how the iNaturalist citizen science platform accelerates biodiversity research through community-driven data collection and machine learning.

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This episode features an interview with researchers Amy Toth and Matt O'Neal discussing their study on whether native prairie strips in agricultural fields can benefit pollinators despite pesticide use.

This episode features members of the Biodiversity Collections Network discussing the BioFair project, which aims to integrate biological and environmental data to address key scientific and societal challenges.

This episode features an interview with four bioscience authors discussing the Red List Project, a conservation initiative that partners the fragrance industry with environmental groups to protect plant diversity while creating sustainable fragrance products.

This episode features an interview with three early-career researchers discussing their article on systemic sexism in academia, while also introducing their work in human geography and land use studies.

Journalist Paul Koberstein discusses his book 'Canopy of Titans', which explores the critical connection between forests, especially older ones, and climate stabilization through carbon storage.

An interview with ecologist Diego Ellis Soto exploring how biodiversity data collection reflects socioeconomic histories like redlining and human biases in ecological research.

This episode features an interview with researchers Scott Spillias and Beth Fulton discussing how artificial intelligence is being applied to ecosystem modeling, particularly for understanding marine environments and human interactions.

This episode features an interview with Ryan Emanuel discussing his article on respecting indigenous knowledge systems in environmental research, focusing on the pocosin landform in the southeastern United States.

This episode features an interview with scientists Kristy Ferraro and Adam Meyer discussing their article on moving beyond hero and villain narratives in ecology and conservation science to improve science communication through storytelling.

This episode explores how drone technology is being used for biodiversity and conservation fieldwork, focusing on remote sensing and imagery capture applications.

This episode features an interview with plant ecologist Marco Malavasi discussing his article on moving beyond crisis and grief narratives in conservation science to foster more productive communication and thinking.

This episode explores how roadside habitats, often cleared for safety, can serve as important environments for pollinating insects, featuring insights from ecology experts.

This episode reports from the 2024 National Diversity in STEM conference, featuring an interview with keynote speaker Donald Warren about indigenous contributions to STEM fields.

This episode features an interview with biologist DeeAnn Reeder discussing the One Health concept, which emphasizes the interconnectedness of human, wildlife, and ecosystem health, with examples from bats and disease ecology.

This episode features an interview with philosopher Michael Patrick Lynch about how scientists can effectively communicate truth in today's political and technological landscape.

This episode features an interview with three scientists discussing CAM plants, their unique photosynthetic pathway that opens stomata at night for water efficiency, and their potential expansion in the Anthropocene.

This episode features an interview with ecologist Paul Humphries discussing his research on flood ecology, focusing on the complex relationship between humans and river floods and their ecological significance.

This episode features an interview with Professor Peter Edmunds discussing his 38-year study of coral reefs in the U.S.

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This episode features an interview with three representatives from the Organization of Biological Field Stations discussing their recent meeting in Costa Rica and the role of field stations in research, education, and outreach.

This episode features an interview with professors Jeremy Bruskotter and John Vucetich discussing governance challenges in rewilding, focusing on restoring native species to their traditional ranges amid the biodiversity crisis.

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This episode features interviews with winners of the Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award discussing their scientific research, the award, and their experiences at Congressional Visits Day in Washington, D.C.

Ecologist Charles Hall critiques neoclassical economics for ignoring energy and thermodynamics, arguing that peak oil and resource depletion threaten global stability.

This episode features an interview with Scott Pline and Alan Rowsom discussing Leopold's Preserve, a 380-acre conservation area in Virginia that combines land development with permanent protection.

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Bioscience Talks interviews Thyaga Nandagopal, who leads the Innovation and Technology Ecosystems Division inside NSF’s new Directorate of Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships, or TIP.

BioScience Talks host James Verdeer interviews Andre Mater, head of biodiversity and forests at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies in Japan, about how COVID-19 coverage linked zoonotic spillover to land change.

Mike Phillips uses Bioscience Talks to argue for rewilding the American West with beavers, gray wolves, and retired grazing allotments.

James Verdeer speaks with Julia Jones and Charles Driscoll about BioScience's special section on the Long-Term Ecological Research Network and climate change.

Daniel Simberloff recounts moving from beetle collecting at age four to mathematics at Harvard and then ecology under E.O.

Nalini Nadkarni traces her life-science path from climbing sugar maples as a child to studying tropical forest canopies.

BioScience Talks visits the 2019 ASGSR meeting in Denver, where space researchers connect life science, physical science, and engineering.