#631 Tenacious Beasts

In his book Tenacious Beasts, philosopher and writer Christopher Preston explores creature comebacks. Some of these stories highlight the evolutionary advantages that animals have racked up over millennia, while others are marked by intensive human intervention. Along the way, Preston opens some big questions about conservation dilemmas, such as what to do when helping one species means harming another. Amidst the bad news about biodiversity loss, Tenacious Beasts brings snippets of hope and lessons learned from animals such as beavers, bison and humpback whales. On this week's show, Christopher shares about these animal recoveries, insights collected from Indigenous communities and...

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#631 Tenacious Beasts is an episode from Science for the People by Rachelle Saunders, Bethany Brookshire, Anika Hazra, & Marion Kilgour.

This episode is 01:00:00 long.

This episode was published on Aug 14, 2023.

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