Recovering our relationship with nature | An interview with Tim Christophersen
In this episode of the Ecology Podcast, our host, Rob Booth, Senior Policy Officer at the BES, sits down with Tim Christophersen, author of...
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20 of 290 episodesArctic generalist predators rely more on plant-derived carbon as the tundra greens | The story behind the paper
For today's episode, Publishing Assistant Hannah Ugboma sat down with Dr Nevo Sagi to discuss the story behind his paper, "Carbon flow to ge...
Putting open ecosystems in the global environmental agenda with Dr Kimberley Simpson
When it comes to conservation, forests dominate the conversation — in policy, in research, and in the public imagination. But what about the...
Understanding natal emigration in group-living carnivores | The story behind the paper
In this episode, Associate Blog Editor Laura Hemmingham spoke with Dr Kathleen Petersen about her paper, "Understanding natal emigration in...
Practice and pragmatism among scientist activists with Dr Lydia Cole
From wildfires to flash floods and deadly earthquakes, the slow collapse of our ecological and social system is affecting millions of lives...
ELM Network | Episode 5: Leading with noble intent, with Professor Sue Hartley
As part of our 'Community' series, we’re launching the Emerging Leadership Management (ELM) Network, hosted by Rob Brooker, Thorunn Helgason...
“All ecosystems are gendered” | an interview with Dr Robyn James
In the latest BES podcast, alumni committee member of the EDGE network Dr Trisha Gopalakrishna chats with Dr Robyn James about the challenge...
Which red sea fish will invade the Mediterranean sea next? | The story behind the paper
For today's episode, Ivy is joined by Shahar Chaikin, author of "Native habitat affinities predict fish invasions with post-invasion habitat...
Plastic social buffering of environmental variation | Special Feature for Journal of Animal Ecology
For today's episode, Ivy spoke with Dr David Fisher about his recently published Special Feature titled "Flexible friends: Plastic social bu...
Which Red Sea fish will invade the Mediterranean Sea next? | the story behind the paper
For today's episode, Ivy is joined by Shahar Chaikin, author of "native habitat affinities predict fish invasions with post-invasion habitat...
Spots or stripes? Identifying Individual Animals Based on their Patterns | The Story Behind the Paper
In this episode, we speak to András Zábó and Aamir Ahmad, about their paper 'RAPID: Real-time animal pattern re-identification on edge devic...
Lessening Human-Wildlife Conflict | The Story Behind the Paper
In today's episode, Anna is joined by Douglas Sheil and Emmanuel Akampurira, authors of a recently published paper in People and Nature, "Su...
Does geography affect life history? A case study in Storks | The story behind the paper
In this episode we talk to Matia Muller about his recently published paper 'Assessment of large-scale spatial variation in age-specific surv...
What a changing Arctic means for Little Auks | The story behind the paper
For today's episode, Ivy is joined by Martyna Syposz, author of "Snowmelt predicts earlier breeding across the latitudinal range of an Arcti...
Forwarding forest restoration | The Story Behind the Paper
For today's episode, Anna is joined by Mariana Hernandez-Montilla and Katie Devenish, authors of a recently published paper in People and Na...
Are goldfish damaging ecosystems? | The story behind the paper
For this episode, Edie Abrahams (Associate Blog Editor, Animal Ecology in Focus) spoke with William Hintz about his recently published paper...
Drone use in Ecology with Jenna Klein | 2025 Robert May Prize Winner
In this podcast episode, we talk to Jenna Klein, an early career researcher who won the Robert May Prize with Methods in Ecology and Evoluti...
Understanding the climate vulnerability of social bees | The story behind the paper
For today's episode, Ivy is joined by Francis Mullan and Clint Penick, authors of a recently published paper in the Journal of Animal Ecolog...
Honey-hunter and honeyguide communication | The Story Behind the Paper
In this podcast, People and Nature author Dr Jessica van der Wal talks to Publishing Assistant Anna Nisbett about her article “Cooperative h...
Turning science into action with BES Fellows, Dr Caroline Howe and Niru Dorrian
Settle in and hear how two very different ecologists navigated their careers to become BES Fellows, and who both share a passion for turning...