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Are you intrigued by wildlife and biology? Join me, a young wildlife professional, while I talk through some of the most amazing and weird things in the wildlife world today. From endangered species to diseases to just cool animals, this podcast will cove


    • Jun 9, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 11m AVG DURATION
    • 8 EPISODES


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    Night Riding Around Reelfoot Lake

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2022 18:01


    The episode art is a photo of Captain Quentin Rankin. Sources: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/42623074.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A0f01556869dc2ae5dde5e55ddcca760d&ab_segments=&origin=&acceptTC=1 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38958189/quintin-rankin https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60374168/robert-zachary-taylor https://www.tnmagazine.org/reelfoot-lake-dark-history-night-riders/

    No good deed goes un-beavered

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2022 9:14


    I don't really have any sources for this weeks episode because everything is from my own knowledge of what I have been tought about beavers and what I have learned about Reelfoot Lake while working here! I hope y'all have a great week!

    It's About Time I Talked About Fish

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2022 16:45


    Peyton is the lovely model showing the electrofishing gear in this episode's art. Sources https://www.cfr.msstate.edu/wildlife/fisheries/?a=detail&id=12&info https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v44/p1-10/ https://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/article/2021/06/msu-researchers-build-madtom-catfish-hotels-business-conserving-imperiled https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/2800 https://www2.southeastern.edu/Academics/Faculty/kpiller/pdfs/Piller%20et%20al%20munitus%202004.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-11-19/pdf/2020-24208.pdf#page=1

    The Mysterious Illness of the Blue Jays

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2022 7:50


    The picture cover for this episode is from the Audubon Society! Unfortunately, I have not taken any pictures of Blue Jays yet. Sources factsheet_blue_jay_en (hww.ca) Blue Jay Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology https://www.wvpublic.org/energy-environment/2021-07-19/concerns-over-bird-deaths-continue-cause-may-not-be-viral These Birds Didn't Have Chlamydia or West Nile. But They're Still Dying. - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Mysterious Bird Deaths in the Mid-Atlantic region | Smithsonian's National Zoo UConn Lab Helps Track and Manage New Songbird Sickness - UConn Today Nestling Songbirds with Eye and Neurologic Issues-Update 7/14/21 | Cornell Wildlife Health Lab Interagency Statement: USGS and Partners Investigating DC Area Bird Mortality Event | U.S. Geological Survey Concerns Over Bird Deaths Continue, Cause May Not Be Viral | WVPB (wvpublic.org) https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/blue-jay Thanks for listening!

    Coastlines, Tectonics, and Louisiana

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 10:35


    Article on Louisiana coast: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/24/us/jean-lafitte-floodwaters.html

    You are bee-utiful, and don't you forget it!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 7:08


    https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-many-species-native-bees-are-united-states https://efotg.sc.egov.usda.gov/references/public/SC/Bee_Basics_North_American_Bee_ID.pdf http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2001/loveridge/index-page3.html https://www.fws.gov/pollinators/programs/endangered.html https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/disease-management-and-guidelines-for-the-honey-bee

    Deer John… Or is it John Deer?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2022 7:22


    Sorry about the audio change at the end there! I'm still trying to workout the kinks! Sources https://www.mdwfp.com/wildlife-hunting/deer-program/#:~:text=Mississippi's%20deer%20population%20is%20estimated,harvesting%20approximately%20280%2C000%20deer%20annually. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1571559/pdf/joa_478.pdf https://dwr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/factsheet.pdf https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/95/23/13363.full.pdf Molecular Mechanisms of Chronic Wasting Disease Prion Propagation https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925443906002201

    Bats and Bats and Bats Oh My!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2022 14:11


    Instagram @lilysfieldjournal Sources https://www.bhumipublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Agricultural-Science-Research-and-Reviews-Volume-III.pdf#page=63 "Going out for dinner—The consumption of agriculture pests by bats in urban areas" https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/10/29/560292442/bats-and-tequila-a-once-boo-tiful-relationship-cursed-by-growing-demands https://www.fws.gov/midwest/news/ImportanceOfBats.html https://www.nps.gov/subjects/bats/echolocation.htm https://www.whitenosesyndrome.org/static-page/the-fungus https://www.whitenosesyndrome.org/static-page/what-is-white-nose-syndrome https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/8/9/1405/htm https://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Bat-Box https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2020.00026/full "Environmental reservoir dynamics predict global infection patterns and population impacts for the fungal disease white-nose syndrome"

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