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Delve into topical issues in zoology, conservation and the environment, from saving species and protecting the planet, to finding out about the animals living across the globe, including in...
Modern zoos play a critical role in global conservation, but supporting wildlife under human care goes far beyond habitat design. Hear how Z...
How does our DNA, the tiny building blocks that make every species, and every individual, totally distinct, impact our evolution? In this ep...
Do you know where the wood in your floorboards comes from? Or your desk, or dining chairs? In this episode, we dig deep into the grain of a...
What do car tyres, yoga mats and trainers have in common? They all contain natural rubber, tapped from trees by millions of small farmers, m...
The coastal waters of Wales are home to a whopping 27 species of sharks, skates and rays, known collectively as elasmobranchs, and they are...
Making sure that the animals held in ZSL's two conservation zoos, London and Whipsnade, are fed a diet that can help them thrive is crucial,...
After our Nature's Negotiators miniseries, where we learned all about the complexities, challenges and importance of United Nations climate...
2024 has been a big year for international climate policy, with two UN Conference of Parties, or COPs, taking place in quick succession; COP...
What does it take to reintroduce an animal to the wild safely? How do we make sure that disease risk to existing populations, and to the ani...
You may have heard of a COP, and you've almost definitely heard of the United Nations (UN), but how much do you know about the negotiations...
Out of sight…but not out of mind? Coral reefs exist largely out of sight for the majority of the world's population, so the vast array of ec...
Co-existence between communities living on the Korean Peninsula and carnivores such as leopards, tigers and black bears, has historically pr...
The ZSL Wild Science podcast is back! After a break, we have returned to explore even more topical issues in zoology, conservation and the e...
The world is facing a crisis of species extinction, however targeted efforts in conservation biology can provide a glimmer of hope. A new st...
It's no secret that cities are generally perceived as spaces of little conservation relevance, yet local urban wildlife underpins a range of...
Pathology is the science of diagnosing diseases by observing physical changes in animal cells and tissues, either in living, or more commonl...
The anthropogenically driven climate crisis and unprecedented rates of biodiversity loss are both threatening the foundations of economies,...
Coastal marine habitats are essential to the health of our marine ecosystem, and hold both environmental and social importance. They provide...
Reptiles - lizards, snakes, turtles and crocodilians – make up almost one third of all land vertebrate species on Earth, and also occur in m...
Coral reefs are the most biodiverse marine ecosystems in the world, and more than 500 million people worldwide rely on coral reefs for their...
After more than a year of Covid-19 impacting global populations, health systems and economies, one of the major questions being asked was ho...
Law breaking, such as poaching or fishing inside marine reserves, is a great challenge to conservationists because research is often complic...
Conservationists are working hard to stem global biodiversity loss. Yet, just like biodiversity itself, the conservation movement is very di...
Rewilding has emerged as a captivating, but controversial, concept in conservation. Depending on how rewilding is defined, it aims to increa...
Madagascar is famed for its incredible biodiversity and charismatic lemurs, but has also seen extensive loss of natural habitat. Monni finds...
Small-scale fisheries (SSFs) provide around two-thirds of the world's catch intended for human consumption, and support 90% of employment in...
For decades, conservationists, vets and farmers in the UK have been at loggerheads about the best way to manage bovine tuberculosis (bTB). T...
Human-induced urbanisation, invasive species and land clearing are changing the environment at a far quicker pace than animals are able to e...
Indigenous communities around the world possess an extremely rich body of knowledge about local environmental resources and biodiversity, wh...
People and nature depend on each other, and although humans are needed to manage and protect nature, conservation practices can interfere wi...
June 9th is World Swallowtail Day, and what better way to celebrate than with a trip to ZSL's Butterfly Paradise to marvel at swallowtails,...
Hold your breath while we remain underwater for this next episode - Monni and a team of specialists investigate the science behind marine pl...
The marine environment is vast and until recently its sheer size and inaccessibility have hindered our ability to understand the impacts of...
Conservation often tries to restore habitats to what they were - but given that our climate is changing fast, this kind of ecosystem restora...
Monni teams up with ZSL's Behavioural Management Committee (BMC) to find out how giving animals choice positively enhances their welfare and...
Nearly half of the world's human population lives in urban environments and this is projected to increase in future. While many species suff...
Monni explores the ins and outs of biodiversity indicators with IOZ's Indicator and Assessments Research Unit. Biodiversity indicators are m...
Monni and guests explore a new era of shark conservation, focusing on protecting the lesser-known 'flat sharks' and rays, such as sawfishes,...
By-catch is defined as the accidental entanglement of non-target species in fishing gear and is a principal cause of strandings for cetacean...
In this special mini-episode join Monni at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition for a teaser of what our researchers will be talking...
Monni is joined by co-presenter Rachel Jones to navigate the hot waters of threats to coral reefs. Speakers discuss their experiences and st...
We have probably all heard about threatened species that are close to extinction, but how do we measure this? Monni travels to the IUCN Red...
This episode is hosted by guest presenter Charlotte Coales, Public Engagement with Conservation Science Coordinator at ZSL. Charlotte and co...
Monni is joined by co-presenter Helen Gath to navigate the topic of reintroduction, an effective but complex conservation tool that can help...
Monni is joined by co-presenter Claudia Gray to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of ZSL's EDGE of Existence Programme. This unique conserva...
The West African Savannah stretches 1,600,000 square kilometres across 12 countries, ranging from dense rain forest to arid grassland. It on...
Since being declared 'biologically dead' in 1958, the River Thames is now considered a global conservation success story of a recovering urb...
The mountain chicken frog became critically endangered after an outbreak of the amphibian fungal disease chytridiomycosis, which caused an 8...
To mark World Pangolin Day, Monni and guests discuss the plight of pangolins: the odd-looking scaly-anteater victims of an illegal wildlife...
In our second episode, we discuss the northern ocean, which has only recently become accessible after the retreat of Arctic ice. Fishing ves...