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Listen to the Journal of Zoology podcast, creating discussions around some of the best research published in the Journal in 2010, featuring interviews with authors of those papers. Each episode also includes links to the full-text articles which are all free to read online.

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    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Summer 2017

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2018 33:00


    Anti-predator behaviour in giant clams and paternal provisioning in house wrens, denning behaviour in brown bears, behavioural motivation tests in rainbow trout, predatory strategy of a venomous snake, and detection dog surveys for cheetahs.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Summer 2017

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2018 33:00


    Anti-predator behaviour in giant clams and paternal provisioning in house wrens, denning behaviour in brown bears, behavioural motivation tests in rainbow trout, predatory strategy of a venomous snake, and detection dog surveys for cheetahs.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Autumn 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2018 32:00


    Leadership in animal groups, how host species determines egg size in the Oriental cuckoo, how a twig-masquerading spider is seen by predators, how signalling in urine-marking domestic dogs could be dishonest and how innate behavioural traits help a lizard to adapt to an urban environment.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Autumn 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2018 32:00


    Leadership in animal groups, how host species determines egg size in the Oriental cuckoo, how a twig-masquerading spider is seen by predators, how signalling in urine-marking domestic dogs could be dishonest and how innate behavioural traits help a lizard to adapt to an urban environment.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Spring 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2018 20:46


    Parental care and begging behaviour in poison frogs, egg attendance in cave-dwelling harvestmen, how Atlantic salmon behaviour protects them from external parasites, and an experiment on foraging success in pit-building antlions.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Spring 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2018 20:46


    Parental care and begging behaviour in poison frogs, egg attendance in cave-dwelling harvestmen, how Atlantic salmon behaviour protects them from external parasites, and an experiment on foraging success in pit-building antlions.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Winter 2017

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2017 30:56


    In this episode, we are told how bird collisions with vehicles may be affected by experience, we will learn about the brain of tarantulas and whether they show left-right asymmetry, and we will hear about baiting camera traps in the Amazon.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Winter 2017

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2017 30:56


    In this episode, we are told how bird collisions with vehicles may be affected by experience, we will learn about the brain of tarantulas and whether they show left-right asymmetry, and we will hear about baiting camera traps in the Amazon.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Autumn 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2016 21:52


    In this special 50th anniversary issue, estimating the maximum size of giant squids and 3D modelling of lion paws and tracks, colour adaptations in a blue-tailed lizard and how human food resources affect life history strategies in brown bears.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Autumn 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2016 21:52


    In this special 50th anniversary issue, estimating the maximum size of giant squids and 3D modelling of lion paws and tracks, colour adaptations in a blue-tailed lizard and how human food resources affect life history strategies in brown bears.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Summer 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2016 30:56


    In this episode, how butterflies appear to the eyes of their predators, how bio-logging technology allows us to analyse animal behaviour, and how ants protect seedlings from pests.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Summer 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2016 30:56


    In this episode, how butterflies appear to the eyes of their predators, how bio-logging technology allows us to analyse animal behaviour, and how ants protect seedlings from pests.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Winter 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2016 48:31


    In this episode, the mystery of the ‘dead bird’ posture in dinosaur fossils, how an animal’s locomotor performance can vary between different habitats and substrates, and how lions can influence the foraging strategies of spotted hyaenas.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Winter 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2016 48:31


    In this episode, the mystery of the ‘dead bird’ posture in dinosaur fossils, how an animal’s locomotor performance can vary between different habitats and substrates, and how lions can influence the foraging strategies of spotted hyaenas.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Summer 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2015 38:13


    In this episode, we will hear about a cannibalistic salamander that lives in caves, we will learn how to mitigate conflicts between reintroduced lions and the local people, and we are told about nest site selection behaviour in peregrine falcons.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Summer 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2015 38:13


    In this episode, we will hear about a cannibalistic salamander that lives in caves, we will learn how to mitigate conflicts between reintroduced lions and the local people, and we are told about nest site selection behaviour in peregrine falcons.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Spring 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2015 42:14


    In this episode, we will hear about how European starlings colonised North America, how the burrow structure of rabbits change as they move from the countryside into cities, and why polar bears have smelly feet!.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Spring 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2015 42:14


    In this episode, we will hear about how European starlings colonised North America, how the burrow structure of rabbits change as they move from the countryside into cities, and why polar bears have smelly feet!.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Autumn 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2014 33:02


    In this episode, we learn what sound sea-horses make, how urban grey squirrels react to pedestrians in New York and behavioural syndromes in an amphibian.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Autumn 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2014 33:02


    In this episode, we learn what sound sea-horses make, how urban grey squirrels react to pedestrians in New York and behavioural syndromes in an amphibian.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Summer 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2014 47:21


    In this episode, we are told how predators by just their presence are able to affect the behaviour of their prey, we will hear about a particular case of bat pollination in New Zealand, and we learn what mechanisms migratory birds are using to navigate the globe in so-called ‘true navigation’.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Summer 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2014 47:21


    In this episode, we are told how predators by just their presence are able to affect the behaviour of their prey, we will hear about a particular case of bat pollination in New Zealand, and we learn what mechanisms migratory birds are using to navigate the globe in so-called ‘true navigation’.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Spring 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2014 45:10


    In this episode, we will hear about how the behaviour of extinct animals like dinosaurs can be deduced from fossils, we learn how parasites manipulate the behaviour of their hosts, and we are told about new findings on cheetah cub mortality and their effect on conservation planning for cheetahs.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Spring 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2014 45:10


    In this episode, we will hear about how the behaviour of extinct animals like dinosaurs can be deduced from fossils, we learn how parasites manipulate the behaviour of their hosts, and we are told about new findings on cheetah cub mortality and their effect on conservation planning for cheetahs.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Autumn 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2013 44:30


    In this episode, reproductive division of labour in eusocial species and how it emerged spontaneously in harvester ant queens, how the ecology of extinct sabretooth predators could be studied by looking at their living analogue such as the southern short-tailed opossum, and a field experiment comparing the effectiveness of two anti-predator strategies, crypsis and aposematism, using artificial prey.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Autumn 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2013 44:30


    In this episode, reproductive division of labour in eusocial species and how it emerged spontaneously in harvester ant queens, how the ecology of extinct sabretooth predators could be studied by looking at their living analogue such as the southern short-tailed opossum, and a field experiment comparing the effectiveness of two anti-predator strategies, crypsis and aposematism, using artificial prey.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Summer 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2013 53:38


    In this episode, we will hear about the African ice rat and its changeable behaviour towards fellow colony members, learn what ‘aggressive mimicry’ is and how it could help us better understand the animal mind. We are also told about how king penguins optimize their diving behaviour for efficient foraging, and how animals learn from each other even when they are members of different species.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Summer 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2013 53:38


    In this episode, we will hear about the African ice rat and its changeable behaviour towards fellow colony members, learn what ‘aggressive mimicry’ is and how it could help us better understand the animal mind. We are also told about how king penguins optimize their diving behaviour for efficient foraging, and how animals learn from each other even when they are members of different species.

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Autumn 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2012 53:24


    In this episode, we learn how prey adjust their anti-predator defences to variable levels of predation risk, whether vocalisations could be used as indicators of animal emotions, we’ll track leopards by GPS for modelling their predation behaviour, and we will hear about a bug that calls its offspring to feed..

    Journal of Zoology Podcast – Autumn 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2012 53:24


    In this episode, we learn how prey adjust their anti-predator defences to variable levels of predation risk, whether vocalisations could be used as indicators of animal emotions, we’ll track leopards by GPS for modelling their predation behaviour, and we will hear about a bug that calls its offspring to feed..

    Journal of Zoology podcast - Summer 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2012 46:25


    In this episode, we hear about analyzing the structure of a bird song and how the blue throat patch of European green lizards signals male quality, and we learn about the habitat and resource use of spider monkeys in Costa Rica, and grazing ungulates in the African savannah.

    Journal of Zoology podcast - Summer 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2012 46:25


    In this episode, we hear about analyzing the structure of a bird song and how the blue throat patch of European green lizards signals male quality, and we learn about the habitat and resource use of spider monkeys in Costa Rica, and grazing ungulates in the African savannah.

    Journal of Zoology podcast - Spring 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2012 51:49


    Predicting the feeding behaviour of an extinct bear and investigating moonlight foraging in African wild-dogs.

    Journal of Zoology podcast - Spring 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2012 51:49


    Predicting the feeding behaviour of an extinct bear and investigating moonlight foraging in African wild-dogs.

    Journal of Zoology podcast - Summer 2011

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2011 43:58


    A carnivore themed episode, we investigate social and spatial organization of the black-backed jackal, find out more about the prey preferences of the Sumatran tiger, and the Asiatic lion, and we tease apart predator-prey interactions with two anuran tadpole species.

    Journal of Zoology podcast - Summer 2011

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2011 43:58


    A carnivore themed episode, we investigate social and spatial organization of the black-backed jackal, find out more about the prey preferences of the Sumatran tiger, and the Asiatic lion, and we tease apart predator-prey interactions with two anuran tadpole species.

    Journal of Zoology podcast - Spring 2011

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2011 44:17


    Editorial board member, Rob Williams talks to us about the recent Zoological Society of London symposium, Marine Protected Areas on the high seas and discusses his January Editorial.

    Journal of Zoology podcast - Spring 2011

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2011 44:17


    Editorial board member, Rob Williams talks to us about the recent Zoological Society of London symposium, Marine Protected Areas on the high seas and discusses his January Editorial.

    Journal of Zoology podcast - Spring 2010

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2010 48:45


    Editor Virginia Hayssen discusses the contradictory findings of the paper, "Birth size and postnatal growth in cave- and bridge-roosting Brazilian free-tailed bats"; Anne Braae from the Editorial Office speaks to the authors of the following papers: "Hurt yourself to hurt your enemy: new insights on the function of the bizarre antipredator mechanism in the salamandrid Pleurodeles waltl", “Vestigial skeletal structures in dinosaurs”; Paul Sherman talks about his comprehensive review, “Avian longevities and their interpretation under evolutionary theories of senescence”; lastly, Eduardo Arraut and Anne Braae discuss the research presented in the paper, “The lesser of two evils: seasonal migrations of Amazonian manatees in the Western Amazon”

    Journal of Zoology podcast - Spring 2010

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2010 48:45


    Editor Virginia Hayssen discusses the contradictory findings of the paper, "Birth size and postnatal growth in cave- and bridge-roosting Brazilian free-tailed bats"; Anne Braae from the Editorial Office speaks to the authors of the following papers: "Hurt yourself to hurt your enemy: new insights on the function of the bizarre antipredator mechanism in the salamandrid Pleurodeles waltl", “Vestigial skeletal structures in dinosaurs”; Paul Sherman talks about his comprehensive review, “Avian longevities and their interpretation under evolutionary theories of senescence”; lastly, Eduardo Arraut and Anne Braae discuss the research presented in the paper, “The lesser of two evils: seasonal migrations of Amazonian manatees in the Western Amazon”

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