Shane Gero is a marine biologist and renowned expert in the acoustic complexity and social behaviors of marine mammals, such as whales, dolphins, and porpoises. He is a Scientist-in-Residence at the Department of Biology at Carleton University in Canada. Importantly, he is also an activist and staunch advocate for providing meaningful sanctuary for these species in the world oceans.

His most recent work in the Caribbean Ocean, centered around Dominica, included thousands of hours of field work and has played a role in finally establishing what will soon be the largest marine sanctuary ever created in the Caribbean and the world's first ever large protected area for Sperm Whales.

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Learn More About Shane Gero and the Dominica Whale Project

* Watch this TEDEd Video first!
How Advanced is Whale Talk? with Shane Gero and David Gruber

Shane Gero: https://www.shanegero.com

The Sperm Whale Project: https://www.thespermwhaleproject.org

Talks by Shane:

*Bioneers: Preserving Animal Cultures: Lessons from Whale Wisdom

*TEDxOttawa: The Lost Culture of Whales

Articles:

*New York Times: Scientists Find an 'Alphabet' in Whale Songs

This episode was produced by Chrissie Bodznick with music by Trace Ketterling.

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Using cutting-edge mapping technology and tiny, digital grizzlies programmed to behave like real ones, bear specialist Dr. Sarah Sells and her team are able to make unprecedented predictions for the species. They can forecast the migration routes that expanding populations of grizzly bears will take and where they are likely to make their new homes. She and her team at the Montana Cooperative Research Unit (C.R.U) are conducting research that directly informs wildlife management decisions and improves the chances that grizzlies can continue returning to their former home ranges where they have been absent for more than one hundred years.

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Learn More about Sara Sells and her lab at the Montana Cooperative Research Unit


Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/S_Sells

Academic Papers & Citations: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Wcu27acAAAAJ&hl=en

Sells Lab at University of Montana: https://www.umt.edu/coop-unit/sellslab/sarah-sells.php

This episode was produced by Chrissie Bodznick with music by Trace Ketterling.

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Laly Lichtenfeld and Neovitus Sianga’s work at African People and Wildlife (AP&W) centers on the linkages between people, wildlife and the diverse ecosystems they call home. For decades surrounding their base of operations in Tanzania, there have been intense and seemingly intractable conflicts between wildlife and people. Since 2005 AP&W has been making impressive progress on mitigating these conflicts with simple, ingenious solutions that can be implemented by livestock managers and whole communities on their own. Importantly, they support the use of these solutions through a multitude of ongoing programs that include youth environmental education, women-owned business ventures, continuous monitoring and evaluation, and infrastructure such as their now famous 'living wall enclosures' to protect livestock from predators. As a result, their methodology and values-based approach is being replicated across Africa where others seek similarly effective solutions to help nature and humans coexist.

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Learn More about Laly Lichtenfeld and African People and Wildlife

African People and Wildlife

Laly Lichtenfeld

Interviews and Videos:

*Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants

*AP&W: Lion Tales

*National Geographic Education: Explorer Classroom

This episode was produced by Chrissie Bodznick with music by Trace Ketterling.

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