ZSL #053 A Tiny Frog Facing an Urgent Crisis
Deep in the dense rainforests of southern Chile lives a tiny amphibian. Just 3cm long, expertly blending into the browns and green of the fo...
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ZSL Wild Science Podcast
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...
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ZSL #052 World Swallowtail Day 2026: Celebrating and Saving Iconic Butterflies
Happy World Swallowtail Day to our listeners! 🦋 To mark this special day and celebrate these incredible insects, we catch up with Sophie Le...
ZSL #051 From Habitat to Husbandry: Evidence-based animal care
Modern zoos play a critical role in global conservation, but supporting wildlife under human care goes far beyond habitat design. Hear how Z...
ZSL #050 Mapping Nature's Code
How does our DNA, the tiny building blocks that make every species, and every individual, totally distinct, impact our evolution? In this ep...
ZSL #049 The forest behind your floorboards
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...
ZSL #048 The rubber story and the road to sustainability
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...
ZSL #047 Shark Tales of North Wales
The coastal waters of Wales are home to a whopping 27 species of sharks, skates and rays, known collectively as elasmobranchs, and they are...
ZSL #046 Feeding the Zoo: Nutrition for animals under managed care
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,...
ZSL #045 BONUS Nature's Negotiators: Saving the planet one meeting at a time
After our Nature's Negotiators miniseries, where we learned all about the complexities, challenges and importance of United Nations climate...
ZSL #044 Nature's Negotiators: The UN's Wildest Diplomatic Mission - Part 2
2024 has been a big year for international climate policy, with two UN Conference of Parties, or COPs, taking place in quick succession; COP...
ZSL #043 Back to the Wild: Assessing disease risks for species reintroduction
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...
ZSL #042 Nature's Negotiators: The UN's Wildest Diplomatic Mission - Part 1
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...
ZSL #041 Reimagining Coral Reefs
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...
ZSL #040 Mammal conservation in Korea: Human-carnivore coexistence on the Korean Peninsula
Co-existence between communities living on the Korean Peninsula and carnivores such as leopards, tigers and black bears, has historically pr...
ZSL #039 Wild Science is back for 2024
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...
ZSL #038 Extinct in the wild: the vital role of conservation zoos and aquariums in saving species on the brink of extinction
The world is facing a crisis of species extinction, however targeted efforts in conservation biology can provide a glimmer of hope. A new st...
ZSL #037 How can we recover nature in our cities: rewilding, reconnecting habitats and restoring rivers
It's no secret that cities are generally perceived as spaces of little conservation relevance, yet local urban wildlife underpins a range of...
ZSL #036 What lies beneath: investigating the amazing world of wildlife pathology
Pathology is the science of diagnosing diseases by observing physical changes in animal cells and tissues, either in living, or more commonl...
ZSL #035 Nature-based solutions - putting nature at the heart of global climate change and biodiversity science-policy agendas
The anthropogenically driven climate crisis and unprecedented rates of biodiversity loss are both threatening the foundations of economies,...
ZSL #034 Marine habitat restoration in the UK: tales of oysters, saltmarsh, kelp, and seagrass
Coastal marine habitats are essential to the health of our marine ecosystem, and hold both environmental and social importance. They provide...