Welcome to the Zoology Ramblings podcast! Join conservation biologists and wildlife filmmakers Robi Watkinson and Emma Hodson as they ramble away about zoology, the pressing conservation issues of our times, the global climate and biodiversity crises, wildlife taxonomy, and everything in between! Robi and Emma met during their undergraduate studies and the Zoology Ramblings podcast grew from their infectious love for the wild world! The podcast was one of the recipients of the “Spotify Next ...
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Episode 28: Sloth bears, Spade-Toothed Whales, Nepal Tiger Conservation, African Leadership in Conservation & South African Sea Birds
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Welcome to the twenty-eighth episode of the Zoology Ramblings Podcast! This week, Robi and Emma join you from opposite sides of the world, with Emma in Nepal and Robi in South Africa. Emma recounts some of her exciting wildlife sightings, including the illusive sloth bear and Bengal Tiger. Emma later delves into tiger conservation in Nepal, with so…
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Episode 27: Unfinished boar business, graveyard badgers, orca taxonomy, pickle slugs, the beauty in local, restore nature now, golden jackals and clam cancer
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Welcome to the twenty-seventh episode of the Zoology Ramblings Podcast! Thanks for your patience in the gap between episodes. This week, we share some lovely adventures with wild boar and badgers in graveyards when Robi and Emma met up in person. Robi then delves into deep taxonomy of orcas, unpacking the two new proposed species of this majestic c…
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Episode 26 (REWILDING DEEP DIVE): Aotearoan wildlife & pine marten reintroductions
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Welcome to the twenty-sixth episode of The Zoology Ramblings Podcast! This is a Rewilding Deep Dive episode, so we begin with some conservation news, followed by our species of the week, and then the Rewilding Deep Dive! For the species of the week, both hosts picked Aotearoan species, including the weird and wonderful kakapo parrot and the tuatara…
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Episode 25: brown hyenas and American crayfish, great white fear mongering, community optimism, lethal owl control & celebrating female rangers
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Welcome to the twenty-fifth episode of The Zoology Ramblings Podcast! This week we begin by sharing some quick nature and conservation news, and then onto the species of the week! This time, Robi talks about the fascinating brown hyenas and how they might (or might not) actually be living members of an extinct genus - taxonomy nerds, this one’s for…
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In this long awaited episode, TetZooCon, and dogmen, dogmen, dogmen, and… badgerman.על ידי John Conway & Darren Naish
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Episode 24 (REWILDING DEEP DIVE): weird tree shrimps, jawless fish, and the reintroduction of the European bison
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Welcome to the twenty-fourth episode of The Zoology Ramblings Podcast! This is the first of a new episode structure for the ZR podcast: most episodes will follow the normal structure - News, Species of the Week, Local Conservation Story, Global Conservation Story - but every other episode, we will be doing a “Deep Dive” into a potential species rei…
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Episode 23: nature is queer, Iberian lynx, whistling dogs, big cats in the UK and the Festival of Nature
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Welcome to the twenty-third episode of The Zoology Ramblings Podcast! This week, for the news section, the dynamic duo got together to speak at a Pride Community Campfire that Emma hosted for the Avon Wildlife Trust, followed by a wonderful conversation about the innate queerness of nature featuring lesbian bonobos and elephant orgies … as you do! …
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Episode 22: the Funeral for Nature, bat hawks, hoatzins, sexy snakes and deer taxonomy, badger culling (again), AI footprints, night club crocodiles & Star Wars gibbons
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Welcome to the twenty-second episode of The Zoology Ramblings Podcast! We begin this episode with a poignant discussion of Emma’s attendance of the Funeral of Nature in Bath, and a more light-hearted discussion of Robi’s recent sightings of the rare bat hawks in the Okavango Delta! For our species of the week, the dynamic duo discuss the weird, cow…
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Episode 21: Cape Town re-union, African penguins, new species in 2023, beaver updates and rewilding in Swedish Lapland
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Welcome to the twenty-first episode of The Zoology Ramblings Podcast! The dynamic duo shares some exciting updates about their recently released Rewilding A Nation documentary, Robi’s leopard research in Namibia and what the 2024 programme of the Avon Wildlife Trust’s Wildlife Champions project has in store! For species of the week, Emma and Robi c…
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In this bumper episode, Darren has lots of news from the world of Darren (but sadly no fat-bottomed rodents), TetZooCon, and Mosasaurs!על ידי John Conway and Darren Naish
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Episode 20: wildlife champions, ninja leopards, "frogging", Rosebank and time-wizard beavers
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Welcome to the twentieth episode of The Zoology Ramblings Podcast! In this episode, Robi talks about his MSc work in Namibia/South Africa, on a project comparing different methods for surveying for leopard density, and Emma speaks about her work supporting local communities taking action for nature in Avon! The hosts take a moment to reflect on key…
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Our long-awaited second episode on Mesozoic marine reptiles — the saga continues with Triassic Weirdos, which is a term you shouldn’t use. Also with some ranting about certain birds are dinosaurs deniers (again).על ידי John Conway and Darren Naish
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Listen for great secret surprise!על ידי John Conway and Darren Naish
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Crocs, crocodiles, crocodyles, crocodylomorphs, crocodylomorphoformes,and non-crocodylilian crocodylomorphoformes!על ידי John Conway & Darren Naish
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… of getting through all the Mesozoic marine reptiles in less than an hour. Tune in to the next episode for the thrilling conclusion… possibly.על ידי John Conway and Darren Naish
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In this episode: frogs. And for those who don’t like frogs: frogs.על ידי John Conway and Darren Naish
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In this episode, spinosaur brains, ankylosaur throats, and scythes or reapers or claws or something.על ידי John Conway and Darren Naish
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Episode 19: sexually-deceptive orchids, ejaculating beetles, bridges for howler monkeys, leopards in Nepal and the elephant in the room
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Welcome to the nineteenth episode of The Zoology Ramblings Podcast! In this episode, the dynamic duo touch base as Robi embarks on an exciting new journey in Cape Town and Emma joins The Avon Wildlife Trust! For our species of the week, the pair chat about howler monkeys in Costa Rica and ejaculating beetles pollinating sexually-deceptive orchids. …
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This week on the podcats, we talk about wild cats, specifically big cats and small big cats in urban and suburban areas.על ידי John Conway & Darren Naish
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Darren and John return! … to discuss the books Mesozoic Art, A History of Painting (With Dinosaurs) and bringing back the Dodo.על ידי John Conway & Darren Naish
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Episode 18: Bottlenose dolphins and black storks, Truss going backwards, cheetahs returning to India, the Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre and the lions of the Gir Forest
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Welcome to the eighteenth episode of The Zoology Ramblings Podcast! This episode is recorded “in the field”, from Emma’s field site in New Quay, Wales! In the news section, we chat about the UK government’s miserable record on environmental laws and the biodiversity crises. For the species of the week, Emma talks about her current study species, th…
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Recent excavations in the vicinity of John’s hard disk have yielded a fossilised podcast from the Late 2021 period. Enjoy the retro stylings!על ידי John Conway & Darren Naish
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Episode 17: Springhares and finfoots, bison reintroductions and EU nature laws, the Beenome Project and rewilding
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Welcome to the seventeenth episode of The Zoology Ramblings Podcast! In our species of the week section, the gang chat about the weird and wonderful biofluorescent springhares of Southern Africa, and the obscure African finfoot! For our local conservation section the dynamic duo delve into the reintroduction of the European bison to the UK and upli…
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Episode 16 (SPECIAL EPISODE): Our research, South Africa field course and South African reserve management
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Welcome to the sixteenth episode of The Zoology Ramblings Podcast! In this episode Robi and Emma give an update as to their own research (otter and mink spatial modelling for Robi, Galapagos tortoise parasite research for Emma), as well as discussing their recent expedition in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. Continuing on this theme, the dyna…
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Episode 15: COP26, a new shark species, hog badgers, potoos, rhino breeding programmes and tuskless elephants
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Welcome to the fifteenth episode of The Zoology Ramblings Podcast! For the news section the dynamic duo talk about COP26, and whether it is going far enough to tackle the climate crisis and highlight a new species of shark. For the animals of the week, Emma discusses the bizarre and wonderful hog badger and Robi talks about the terrifying (and epic…
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Episode 14: legal status for beavers, hope for tunas, Nile crocodiles, reticulated sirens, futuristic seed coatings and jaguar recovery in the USA
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Welcome to the fourteenth episode of The Zoology Ramblings Podcast! In this episode, Emma talks about the recent decision by the British Government to possibly give beavers native species status and legal protection, and Robi chats about some hope for tuna species despite dwindling populations of other marine species. For the animals of the week, t…
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Episode 13: short-eared dogs, little black tapirs, vaquita updates and Rice's whale on the brink
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Welcome to the thirteenth episode of The Zoology Ramblings Podcast! In this episode, our animals of the weeks include the shadowy short-eared dog and the cryptic little black tapir, which may or may not be a new species. The dynamic duo then delve deeper into some wider conservation stories, including a sad update about the status of vaquitas in Ba…
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Episode 12: Spotify Next Wave Initiative, filming wild beavers, lost river martins of Thailand and crazy cicadas
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Welcome to the twelfth episode of The Zoology Ramblings Podcast! In episode 12, Robi and Emma reveal very exciting news - The Zoology Ramblings Podcast has been selected as one of Spotify’s 8 winners of the Next Wave Initiative! We are so thrilled to have been selected alongside 7 other amazing podcasts which cover some very important and pressing …
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Episode 11: tayra, monito del monte, zoonotic diseases, African elephants, Welsh beavers and white storks
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Welcome to the eleventh episode of The Zoology Ramblings Podcast! In episode 11, Robi and Emma ramble first about their species of the week: the enigmatic tayra of Central and South America, and the tiny monito del monte, a South American marsupial lost on a sea of time! Then for our global conservation section, the dynamic duo focus on zoonotic di…
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In this episode, fossils of the Kimmeridge clay, naughty fossils from Brazil, Ubirajara, Darren's new book, Dinopedia. Cladistics (sigh), domed-headed nose-pickers, and how they use them, a New Whale™, G̡͉̼̱̳͖͕̱̦͊r̼͕̺̃̾͑ͩ̕e̴̻͙͕͍̺͔͒n͙͍̭̘̲̭͔̆̍͑͢ͅd̛͕̪̠̞̩̰ͦͯe̘̣̖̮͒͢ͅl̴̫͖͉͎̃ͣ͊̐i̶͇͇͓̭̳͚̹͒͑̇u̧͍͉̺̠̅̎ş̖̞̬̦̻̺̼ͭ ̨̜̤̃͗̑̚ͅmͯ͏͎̪͍̙͇̮͖̤o̹͇͙̺ͧ̉̒̽͞r̡̬͍̺̹̰̘͙ͦd͈͖͕̦̦̓̓̕…
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In this rapid-fire episode, TetZoom Con, Alien Worlds, John's 3Dish T. rex heads and the state of their lips, a discussion on eyes and taphonomy, science writing and stupid rules (never use black, kids!), Freddie the seal and free-running dogs. And finally a main event: Thylacine persistence.על ידי John Conway & Darren Naish
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Episode 10: Sunda Island tigers, Laysan albatrosses, eagle owls in Britain, Cumbria coal mines and coral gardening
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Welcome to the tenth episode of The Zoology Ramblings Podcast! For the species of the week, Robi talks about the Sunda Islands tigers (with a rambling tangent into tiger taxonomy and palaeontology!), and Emma discusses the Laysan albatross (and in particular one individual, named Wisdom) and their extraordinary long lives! For the local conservatio…
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Episode 9 (PART 2): Ebo forest conservation, and invasive American mink in Britain
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Welcome to the ninth episode (part 2) of The Zoology Ramblings Podcast! In this episode the hosts talk about the Ebo forest in Cameroon and the incredible biodiversity of life it contains, as well as it’s threats and the pioneering individuals trying to conserve it. For the local conservation section, the dynamic duo chat about the invasive America…
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Episode 9 (PART 1): hot pink slugs, alien-like antelopes and the illegal ivory trade
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Welcome to the ninth episode (part 1) of The Zoology Ramblings Podcast! This episode has been split into two parts because of it’s length. In part 1, we touch on the species of the week, including neon-pink slugs which live atop a mountain in Australia, as well as the hirola, an alien-looking antelope on the brink of extinction. The team also talk …
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Episode 8 (SHORTS): The plight of the pangolin
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Welcome to the eighth episode of The Zoology Ramblings Podcast! In this special Episode Short, the dynamic duo go into a deep dissection of the illegal pangolin trade, and discuss the threats which both the Asian and African pangolins are facing. The team highlight amazing conservationists and organisations which are doing tireless work to try and …
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Episode 7 (SHORTS): Orca in Scotland
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Welcome to the seventh episode of The Zoology Ramblings Podcast! In this special Episode Short, the dynamic duo go into a deep dive into the remarkable Orcinus orca, the Blackfish, the Killer Whale. They chat about their distribution, their complex social structures, and the global threats they face - as well as the plight they face in the UK. Robi…
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In the eight-oh, FU on Romancing the Stone and Carnotaurus, John's art, Greg Paul again, and Alien Worlds. And for the main event: the Scansoriopterygidae - dead ends that sucked at the evolutionary goal of flying, or, you know, animals adapted to their environment? You decide! TetZoo(m)Con is at on the 12th of December, save the date.…
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